Title: 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.
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