Denim bolt

The other day we received a package which contents probably are among the best things we've ever bought off of Ebay, and we're tremendously pleased with it. It's a fair roll of denim from Hinsdale, Ohio. The package left Levi's head office at Valencia Street in San Fransisco sometime in the sixties and was intended for an Anne Anabelle, who were a fashion editor at Cleveland Pain Dealer, Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Approximately 50 years later, the package is on our workbench in Eskilstuna - still unpacked! What a travel this fabric has endured.

Here's a few pictures of the old way-bills, and how everything was packed.

Truly wonderful selvage. The fabric measures 47 inch from selvage to selvage. We haven't been able to roll out the whole length to see all the sweet denim we overcame. To do that, we have to to outside. Therefore, we have to wait for the snow to melt.

After we removed the protecting paper we discovered that the roll had been stored somewhere where the sun had reached it. Everywhere, except where the tape had been, there was whitened spots. The sun had even managed to cut through a few layers of the fabric. I really adore all the character and history in the denim, and that special scent that appears when denim has been stored for a long time.

Here's a close-up on the dark color and area, which was really nice and had the right amount of roughness. Even if there isn't a certain way to tell, this piece is likely of old cone denim quality.

Now we only have to decide what to make of it!

//Hampus

Written 2010-02-12 at 14:24

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