Title: Carriage Cushion Cover (Rows of Stars in Octagons)
Date: first half of the 19th century
Location: Sweden, Scania, Albo district
Materials: interlocked tapestry
Dimensions: 47 x 91 cm
Accession Number: SW 4
Other Notes:
The design of stars in octagons was used in Albo and the neighbouring districts. Dates woven into or embroidered on similar examples in Swedish collections show that it was used at least between 1761 and 1825.
Bibliography:
V. Hansen, Swedish Textile Art: Traditional Marriage Weavings from Scania: The Khalili Collection, London 1996, cat. 34, pp.100–1.
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