Old linen touches and moves. It has style and character. Old linen is woven from local flax fibers, almost always hand-spun and hand-woven. It is significantly denser and more durable. Old linen has unexpected qualities; it tickles our senses and envelops us like a second skin. The beauty is that old linen waits in closets and at antique markets. But what do I do with old linen? How do I recognize it? How do I remove the yellowing? Farmers' linen, jacquard, and damask - what are they? What is half, false, and true damask? Gertrud Berning, long-time head of the editorial team of Landlust and former editor-in-chief of the magazine Einfach Hausgemacht, explores these questions. She brings precious old linen rarities to light and back into today's everyday life, giving them new significance. Amazingly simple yet sophisticated, she works with old linen.