Hello Gesine,

Are you aware of the Economic Botany Collection at Kew in London? It
holds examples objects that have been made from all sorts of plant
materials. They probably have examples of objects made using nettle
fibres. I enclose the link to their website.

http://www.kew.org/collections/ecbot/

Best wishes,

Róisín Miles



On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Gesine Klaffke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I´m a student at the University of Applied Arts in Germany and I am working
> on an essay about the history of nettle (Urtica dioica) objects in Europe.
>
> It is really difficult to find published objects. I found a few things in
> the scandinavian region and from switzerland but apart from that there are
> not so many object.
>
> Do you have objects in your museums or are you aware of one?
>
> I am hoping for your help.
>
> Sincerely yours
>
> Gesine Klaffke
>