Carriage Cushion Cover (Columns of Stars in Octagons)

Location: Sweden, Scania, Albo district

Materials: interlocked tapestry

Dimensions: 45 x 123 cm

Accession Number: SW 6

Other Notes:

This tapestry has a typical reversed ‘S’ border and a red ground. The basic design is the same as that illustrated in SW 4, but the shapes of the stars are not identical and they have a different centre.

Bibliography:

V. Hansen, Swedish Textile Art: Traditional Marriage Weavings from Scania: The Khalili Collection, London 1996, cat. 33, pp.96–99.