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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 12615944, member: 2844&quot;]The designs and fabric are not as delicate as on Paisley shawls or other British shawls.</p><p>I think they are German woollen shawls known as &quot;Würzeltuch&quot;, which are also Kashmir-inspired, just like the more elegant Paisley shawls.</p><p>I have seen and felt both types of shawls and have two Würzeltücher that came down through the family, and there is a difference. Just about every Dutch family owned one or more, they were brought over by German seasonal labourers and even found their way to Dutch regional costumes.</p><p><br /></p><p>A blog on the &#039;worteldoek&#039;, the Dutch word for Würzeltuch. Text in Dutch only, but there are a few photos:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://berthi.textile-collection.nl/2008/12/02/worteldoek/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://berthi.textile-collection.nl/2008/12/02/worteldoek/" rel="nofollow">https://berthi.textile-collection.nl/2008/12/02/worteldoek/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>West Brabant regional dress with German-made worteldoek:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]555767[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The prices are also much lower than for Paisley shawls, overhere you can buy them for €12-25, so anund would still make a profit:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/antiek-en-kunst/curiosa-en-brocante/m2399065010-antieke-worteldoek-115-x-115-cm-25-00?correlationId=856b254c-1555-469f-9ee6-68025c5f6e0b" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/antiek-en-kunst/curiosa-en-brocante/m2399065010-antieke-worteldoek-115-x-115-cm-25-00?correlationId=856b254c-1555-469f-9ee6-68025c5f6e0b" rel="nofollow">https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/antiek-en-kunst/curiosa-en-brocante/m2399065010-antieke-worteldoek-115-x-115-cm-25-00?correlationId=856b254c-1555-469f-9ee6-68025c5f6e0b</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/antiek-en-kunst/antiek-kleden-en-textiel/m2418390591-worteldoek-78x85cm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/antiek-en-kunst/antiek-kleden-en-textiel/m2418390591-worteldoek-78x85cm" rel="nofollow">https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/antiek-en-kunst/antiek-kleden-en-textiel/m2418390591-worteldoek-78x85cm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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