Burel (tissue)
Burel is a traditional wool fabric from Portugal .
It is considered to be the oldest handmade fabric from Portugal. Pure wool, primarily of the dark kind, is cleaned and combed, drawn, twisted, then hot compressed by heavy machines and then printed and / or embossed.
The name developed from the Latin bura via the Provençal burel .
Burel was developed and maintained in particular in the Beira and Trás-os-Montes regions . The mountainous regions merging into one another are located in the northern interior of the country, where sheep farming was traditionally important.
The fabric has seen a renaissance in recent years , and young designers have turned to the burel. Her work became well known and has already been presented in Germany. In Manteigas , in the middle of the Serra da Estrela , there is still one of the most important traditional burel factories, which has now adapted to the renewed demand. Today, the fabric is used in a variety of ways, from clothing to architecture and decorative elements to protective bags for tablets, cell phones, etc. a.
Individual evidence
- ↑ entry in the Pathfinder , the online encyclopedia of Porto Editora , accessed on 12 October 2013
- ↑ entry to Burel on www.lifecooler.com (port.), Accessed on 12 October 2013
- ↑ Page on the Burelfactory on www.design-aus-portugal.de , accessed on October 12, 2013
- ↑ TV report ( Memento of the original from October 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. the public service RTP of September 4, 2013
