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Carriage Cushion Cover (Bands of Rosettes and Stars)

SW 18 | Sweden, Scania, Jerrestads district | first half of the 19th century

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Artwork Details

Title: Carriage Cushion Cover (Bands of Rosettes and Stars)

Date: first half of the 19th century

Location: Sweden, Scania, Jerrestads district

Materials: interlocked tapestry

Dimensions: 55 x 102 cm

Accession Number: SW 18

Other Notes:

This tapestry has a design of wide bands separated by narrow stripes of the heart-and-hourglass motif, which was also much used in Ingelstads. In museum collections there are bed covers – which only exist in a limited number of patterns and from a few regions – with similar designs.

Bibliography:

V. Hansen, Swedish Textile Art: Traditional Marriage Weavings from Scania: The Khalili Collection, London 1996, cat. 31, pp.96–7.

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