OBENDORFER, Brigitte - Silesian Blueprint. Inaugural Dissertation for the Degree of Doctor at the University of Philosophy...

OBENDORFER, Brigitte - Silesian Blueprint. Inaugural dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Philosophy at the Silesian Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Breslau for the degree of Doctor. [typescript]. Breslau 1944. 4, pp. [4], 189, [36]. Contemporary cloth binding.
Minor staining on the front cover; in good condition. A typescript of the main text of Brigitte Obendorfer’s extensive doctoral dissertation, originating from Baszyn near Wołów (Beschine), devoted to the so-called Silesian blue prints. The work was written at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Wrocław. On the front endpaper, there isa handwritten dedication by the authorto the unnamed “actual author of this work” (her advisor?). At the end are extensive footnotes (274 in total) and a list of illustrations for the iconographic section, which is not included here.
“Blaudruki” was the term used for fabrics decorated using the batik technique and dyed with indigo. Attempts—not particularly successful—to produce blaudruki on an industrial scale were undertaken in Gryfów Śląski in the 19th century. The collection of the Wrocław Ethnographic Museum includes several blaudruki and many blocks used for decorating them. In Silesia, the Stein family was involved in their production, and their activities are documented in such towns as Ścinawa (Steinau an der Oder), Przemków (Primkenau), Góra (Guhrau), Szlichtyngowa (Schlichtingsheim), Strupina (Stroppen), Leśnica (Lissa), Lubin (Lüben), Rudna (Raudten), and Polkowice (Polkwitz).