Biedrońska-Słotowa, Beata : Crossroads of costume and textiles in Poland: papers from the International Conference of the ICOM Costume Committee at the National Museum in Cracow, September 28 - October 4, 2003 (Krakau, 2005)

Transfer of tent and knowledge from Poland to Sweden

unable to identify at first. Following an iiwestigation we found the dye was Span-
ish green with the chemical formuła Cu (OH) (CH3COO), the copper content of
which had served as water-proof coating.

Our Turkish tent, now conserved, was put on view in 1986. We built a glass show-
case inside it, for visitors to walk around. The tent was placed in a closed room to
which visitors had no access other than through the glass construction.

Today the tent is in storage, on three rollers about 4 m wide, built specially for this
purpose, and reposed on a rack.