Womans bunad from Dovre
 I
got a nice e-mail from Karins after yesterdays May 17th. She had found my
bunad-pages, and wanted to share pictures and knowledge about the very rare
white Dovre Bunad!! Thank you Karina, I really appreaciated this!
Read her information here
|
 This
is Gro in her beautiful Dovre bunad. Gro is here wearing the short black
jacket to her bunad. |
 This
is my aunt, Turid on her wedding day in 1957. She is wearing her
mother-in-law's Dovre bunad. It was made in offwhite wool. I have never
seen this bunad in white before, and in all the books it tells that it can
be made in either blue or black. But, nevertheless, this is a white Dovre
bunad! |
 This
is our good friend Bente in her Dovre bunad. The picture was taken on 17.
may 2000 in Oslo |
 This
is a closeup on Bentes Dovre bunad. Notice the small knife! The silver
belt is also very beautiful! |
About the Dovre bunad
This bunad was based on the embroidery on an old bonnet found at Tofte Farm in Dovre. It was created around 1930 The bonnet is illustrated in a watercolour painting by Johan Meyer in his book ‘Fortids kunst i Norges bygder’ [‘Regional Norwegian Art from Earlier Times’] published in 1911.
The identity of the person who actually designed the embroidery is not known. The bunad has distinctive and fairly large flower motifs on the skirt, bonnet, bodice and reticule, and is available in black or blue. The bodice is attached to the skirt and is in the same material, and its cut is identical to the cut of the Gudbrandsdal ceremonial bunad.
The White
Dovrebunad (information from Karina)
As mentioned above, the Dovre bunad is made in black or blue. But, during
the World War 2 and the period short after, the black and blue fabrics were hard
to get. The bunad Karina wears in the picture, was made by Tekla Jullins in
Lillehammer. Her great grandfather was a prisoner of war, but through contacts,
he was able to get Tekla Jullins to make this bunad to his wife. Karina told me
in her e-mail that this May 17th (2009) she met another woman with a Dovre-bunad
made during the same period, it was with a light-pink bodice and made of silk or
similar. It was also made by Tekla Jullins! Thank you again, Karina for
your interest in my bunadpages, and your picture and information on the white
Dovre-bunad.
(from http://www.husfliden.no )