Museum de Kantfabriek
- Museum de Kantfabriek shows how textile industry was once the basis for the economic prosperity of the North Limburg region. Sheep were kept on the poor soil in order to fertilise it. The wool was spun and woven into cloth in winter. Later, the farmers also grew flax, which they processed themselves into linen. The number of home weaving mills was large. This created an area of expertise for textile crafts and the textile industry, traces of which can still be found today. Until 2006, the almost antique bobbin lace machines of the Zuid Nederlandse Kantfabriek were still in daily use to produce lace from thousands of tiny threads. Some of these machines have been preserved and you can see them in action in the museum. You can smell the lubricating oil and hear and feel the thumping of the machines. The lace is formed before your eyes by the interplay of machine, bobbins and needles at a rapid pace and with an ingenious logic. Wherever the textile industry developed, magnificent examples of textile art emerged. Museum de Kantfabriek has an extraordinary collection of old and modern objects, which you can see in permanent and temporary exhibitions. You can see, hear, read and do it yourself.
| URL: | https://www.museumdekantfabriek.nl/ |
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| Publisher: | Museum de Kantfabriek |
| Place of publication: | Horst |
| Document Type: | Museum |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Tag: | bobbin lace production; linen; textile art; textile industry |
| Languages: | dutch |
| Subject: | Technology |
| Access (Germany): |  Freely available |
