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You probably know it too: suddenly you see something typically Swiss abroad,
and it makes you very happy. This happened to me, for
example, when a young man sat next to me at the Florida airport who had placed
a Glarus briefcase in his backpack.fashionbeautypalace
I spoke to him because I thought he would wait like me for
the flight to Zurich. But he's a Scandinavian who worked in Switzerland for a
while and has since carried the scarf in his backpack with him all over the
world. He giggled and told me that he was bringing home some towels as a
souvenir. Recipients can look forward to it - colored scarves are on-trend
today and are unbeatable as versatile accessories.techgeeksblogger
Colorful and versatile
Brightly patterned Tüechli are traditionally made in
Glarnerland, from where they get their name. They are available in around forty
different colors, sometimes with oriental style patterns, sometimes with
edelweiss or alpine patterns. The Glarner Tüechli is part of the equipment of
almost all outdoor athletes. More than those skieurs and the randonneurs who
have the portent of longtemps: the complete parfaitement la mode actuelle et
grace à sa polyvalence, all ceux qui ont déjà expérimenté les names avantages
du tissu lui seront fidèles quels que soient les impératifs Fashion.triotechdigital
Anyone who has fallen in love with these handy Glarner
Tüechli would love to have them all! I own almost a dozen of them myself, and a
new color is added from time to time.computertechreviews
How did the cloth get to Glarnerland? History of a Glarus
cultural property
There are different opinions on the history of Glarner
Tüechli. It has been shown that Indian fabrics with colorful prints came to
Europe with sailors as early as the 17th century. Vivid, bright, and printed
patterns were a rarity in this age, and those that could were generously
supplied. Not only clothes were made, but also wall decorations and seat
covers.gethealthandbeauty
Animated, colorful, and printed patterns were a rarity at
this time
Animated, bright, and printed patterns were a rarity at
this
Around 1680, factories in England, Germany, and Holland
printed cotton fabrics on the Indian pattern. Huguenots from France, among
others, participated in the development work. It was also they who opened
fabric printing plants in the Swiss Confederation. They founded the first in
Geneva (1691), others followed in Neuchâtel, Bern, Aargau, Zurich, and Basel.
It was not until about fifty years later, that is, in 1740, that the cotton
printing press arrived in Glarus. In the following century, together with
England and the Mühlhausen region, the largest European textile printing
centers were established.
At that time, we were still far from the textile industry
as it was called in the early/mid 19th century.
First, wooden models were used, and a lot of time was spent
on manual printing. Chemical dyes were also unknown at this time. After its
invention, there was a widespread boom in textile printing. In previous years,
more and more fabric printing companies had established themselves in the
Glarus region. Weaving and spinning mills have found the ideal location on
Linth and its tributaries.
Glarus' manufacturers and distributors took over the global
sales. This had the advantage of reacting directly to customer requests and
thus always finding new sales markets. In 1865, 6,250 of approx. 35,000
Glarnerland residents were employed in the textile printing industry. The
canton of Glarus was the most critical region for printing in Switzerland. But
it has also become dependent on exports. Competition from the Far East
eventually forced many Glarus companies to give up.
While sales have long been falling, Glarner Tüechli is
undergoing a renaissance: the towels we buy today come from the traditional
Blumer & Cie company in Niederurnen, which is over 220 years old. It mainly
produces for customers in Switzerland and neighboring countries.
In addition, there is a nice gesture in the canton of
Glarus: each newcomer receives a napkin as a greeting.