Womans bunad from Øst-Telemark (Raudtrøye)
 Take
a good look at this 5 beautiful girls! It is, from left, Heidi, Kjersti, Marte and Stine. All the four girls in almost identical Øst-Telemarks
bunad. In the front Cecilie in a childrens costume. |
On this picture you can see more of the beautiful embroideries on the
shirts. Notice the different embroideries! |
Kjersti shows more of the skirt and apron. |
 Kjersti
again, showing all of her beautiful bunad.Thank you to Mona for asking her friends to lend me pictures! |
 This
is Mette, in her selfmade Øst-Telemarks bunad. She has made 8 (yes eight!!!)
of them, and also one Øst-Telemark mans bunad. You can visit Mette on her
homepages here.
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 And,
finally, you can see why it is called the Raudtrøye (red jacket)!
Thank you Mette for sending me this pictures!
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 Notice
the differences in this two Raudtrøye bunads!
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Here you can see a close up on the details of one of the variants of this beautiful bunad |
More about the Øst Telemark Raudtrøye bunad
This version of the East Telemark bunad is based on the costume
tradition in the first half of the 19th century. It takes its name from
the red jacket which was worn in the 18th century. Anne Bamble
from Heddal began work on this bunad around 1920. One of her
aims was to preserve the tradition of fine craftsmanship associated
with rose-patterned embroidery, itself related to the tradition of
rose painting.
The other bunad represents a further development of the original bunad that was created by Anne Bamble. This bunad has been produced by the Telemark Husflidslag [Telemark Home Crafts Association] in collaboration with Den Norske Husflidsforening in Oslo. It has a red woollen embroidered bodice, an embroidered apron and a skirt without any embroidery. Colourful bands are applied to the hem of the circular skirt.
(from http://www.husfliden.no )