Beiderwand / Jacquard weaving

A jacquard loom is used to craft this Beiderwand textile, a complex partly double cloth fabric. This room divider is developed by using a hand drawn sketch and set into rapport. Beiderwand, historically known as Alkoven curtains, are traditionally found in Nordic farmhouses of Schleswig-Holstein in north Germany and south Denmark. Originating in the 18th and 19th century, this fabric traditionally includes pictorial motifs.