The Tea Towel - Perspectives on an Everyday Item

For a long time, the kitchen tea towel was a luxury product reserved for the upper classes, until it became a symbol of the domestic household and everyday object today. And it is this role in particular that allows us to acces textile history and explore the tea towel's relevance as symbol of political movements as well as a bearer of memories and experiences. Against this background, the thirteen contributors enter into a dialogue with the object itself and take a closer look at it from a journalistic, artistic, academic and technical perspective. The book encourages readers to rediscover the kitchen towel in a socio-political context.