Ladies’ glove, Gustav Schaarschmidt company | Photo: Esche-Museum/Daniela Schleich
Textile? Future! in the Esche-Museum Limbach-Oberfrohna
At the Esche Museum, the special exhibition ‘Textiles? Future!’ is just as much about sportsmen and women as it is about lifesavers and creatives
Textiles from Saxony are ‘Active!’, ‘Vital!’ and ‘Personal!’ to catch the eye.
When?
10 May 2025 to 31 December 2025
The Esche Museum
Sachsenstraße 3 | 09212 Limbach-Oberfrohna
Phone: +49 3722 93039
Opening hours:
Tuesday to Friday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Knitted fabrics from Limbach-Oberfrohna
Once upon a time, stockings, gloves and underwear were knitted. Today, neither cars nor wind turbines can do without stitch-bonded technical textiles ... Embark on a journey of discovery through the history of warp knitting at the Esche Museum in Limbach-Oberfrohna – from the Esche family of entrepreneurs to the world’s first warp knitting school to the legendary invention of the MALIMO stitch-bonded technology and beyond!