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A 'Feestrok' from The Netherlands, celebrating liberation from Nazi-Germany, late 1940's (TRC 2011.0001a).A 'Feestrok' from The Netherlands, celebrating liberation from Nazi-Germany, late 1940's (TRC 2011.0001a).The June 2018 issue of the British magazine 'Selvedge' contains an article by Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood, director TRC, about the so-called 'feestrok'. These were patchwork skirts made in The Netherlands after World War II to celebrate the liberation of the country.

 
The collection of the TRC contains an example of the Feestrok (TRC 2011.0001a), together with its official certificate (TRC 2011.0001b). For a preview of the Selvedge article, click here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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