Title: Carriage Cushion Cover (Reindeer in Octagon with Heart Band Border)
Date: circa 1800
Location: Sweden, Scania, Herrestads district
Materials: interlocked tapestry
Dimensions: 57 x 118 cm
Accession Number: SW 12
Other Notes:
This is the only example observed that combines a reindeer medallion with a wide band of hearts at each end. The minor borders are typical, although the colours are unusual for this area. There are seventy-two hearts in all: the impending wedding must have been very much in the mind of the weaver.
Bibliography:
V. Hansen, Swedish Textile Art: Traditional Marriage Weavings from Scania: The Khalili Collection, London 1996, cat. 23, pp.70–1.
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