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Vintage Finnish Fabric Swatches

Mangrove

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I found a few of Yhdistyneet Villatehtaat's fabric swatches from the 1950s. At one time they produced 1/3 of all Finnish wool fabrics and yarns. The swatches were individually glued to several hundred tailoring magazines every month. All swatches are around the same size, 6 by 6 cm. The first swatches are around ¾-1 mm thick or c. 400-500 g/m², I figured. Let's start with Finns' favourite colours, grey and blue.

Fabric 7279/4. Vaatturi magazine, number 11/1953.
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"High quality melange worsted fabric with light pinstripe". Fabric 7573/7. Vaatturi 5/1954.
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Vaatturi 7-8/1954.
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Vaatturi 11/1954.
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Vaatturi 1/1955.
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Mangrove

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Vaatturi 2/1956.

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Vaatturi 3/1956. The fabric is exactly 2 mm thick or around 700-750 g/m².

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Vaatturi 6/1956.

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Mangrove

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Vaatturi 7-8/1956. Summer cloth, c. 0,5 mm or 250-300 g/m².

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Vaatturi 9/1956. Overcoat cloth, c. 2 mm or 700-750 g/m².

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Mangrove

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Vaatturi 10/1956. Drapé cloth, c. 0.5 mm or 250-300 m².

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Vaatturi 11/1956. Circa 0.75 mm or 300 g/m²

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Vaatturi 3/1957. Teal tweed cloth, c. 1 mm or 350-400 g/m²

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Mangrove

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Vaatturi 1957. Circa 1 mm or 350-400 g/m².

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Vaatturi 6/1957. Circa 1 mm or 350-400 g/m².

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Vaatturi 7-8/1957. Circa 2 mm or 700-750 g/m².

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Mangrove

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Some fabrics for the summer of 1933 as printed on "Oman kodin opas" magazine. Most of these, if not all, are from Finnish manufacturers.

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Mangrove

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British men's suiting fabrics made by CEBA Textiles Ltd. and imported to Finland in 1951, from left to right:

BS 15190/1. Worsted 16/17 oz.
3801/6. Worsted 14/13 oz.
BK 13921/5. Worsted 18/19 oz.
A 1538/6. Worsted 15/16 oz.
9350 Black. Worsted. 16/17 oz.
992/34. Worsted 15/16 oz.

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Hap Hapablap

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I would love to know if anyone still makes a proper formalwear black worsted or barathea like the one shown with the morning dress ensemble.
 

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