Abegg Stiftung

The premises of the Abegg Stiftung, Riggisberg, Switzerland. The premises of the Abegg Stiftung, Riggisberg, Switzerland.

The Abegg Stiftung (Foundation) in Riggisberg, Switzerland, was set up in 1961 by Margaret and Werner Abegg. Its aims are to collect, exhibit, conserve and restore, and study textiles and other items of art and craft from Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia. Apart from an extensive collection it also houses a large library.

The Stiftung houses some 7000 textiles. Textiles from Central Asia and the Silk Roads constitute a special focus of the Abegg Stiftung, but there are also textiles from Late Antiquity, the High Middle Ages, the Late Middle Ages, and the Renaissance and Baroque.

The Abegg Stiftung also publishes the Riggisberger Berichte, a series of monographs and edited volumes about textiles. 

Museum address: Werner Abeggstrasse 67 Postfach, CH-3132 Riggisberg, Switzerland.

Museum website (retrieved 19 September 2016).

Digital source of illustration  (retrieved 19 September 2016).

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