COLLECTION ANDRIESSEN

Regional costumes

Regional costume tin figures of Mr. Andriessen from Doetinchem. He records the history of the Dutch regional costumes in tin figures.

Regional costumes gave identity to local communities from 16th till 19th century. In The Netherlands upward of 240 different regional costumes existed. A number of good fifty 10 cm tall, tin figures show in a clear way and extremely detailed, the richness of this part of our national history.