Margrethe Hald

Margrethe Hald (1897–1982) was a Danish textile historian and curator at the National Museum of Denmark. A major contributor to international textile research, she received a D.Phil. (Doctor of Philosophy) in 1950 for her thesis Olddanske tekstiler (Old Danish textiles).[1][2]

Biography

Born in the village of Neder Vrigsted, near Horsens in eastern Jutland, Hald was one of four children who were raised on a farming estate managed by her mother after her father died when she was three years old. Interested in art from an early age, Hald had learned how to weave in the village and at the high schools at Vrigsted and Askov. While at the Design School for Women (Tegne- og Kunstindustriskolen for Kvinder), she was encouraged by Elna Mygdal to focus on the history of textiles at the National Museum.[2]

As a result of her research, in 1930 she wrote a dissertation on Brikvævning, presenting prehistoric textile techniques. In 1935, together with Hans Christian Broholm, she published Danske Broncealders Dragter (Danish Bronze Age costumes). In 1939, after several study trips to Europe, she took up a position at the National Museum of Denmark. In 1947 she was appointed Inspector at the Museum. In 1950 she received a D.Phil. for her thesis Olddanske tektiler (Old Danish textiles).

She organized various textile exhibitions, and published a number of works on weaving, old textiles and shoes.[3][4]

References
  1. "Margrethe Hald". Den Store Danske (in Danish). Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  2. Wieth-Knudsen, Bodil. "Margrethe Hald (1897 - 1982)" (in Danish). Kvinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  3. "Margrethe Hald". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  4. Hald, Margrethe (1972). Primitive Shoes An Archaeological–Ethnological Study Based on Shoe Findings from the Jutland Peninsula. Archaeological–Historical Series I. XIII. The National Museum of Denmark. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
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