Sweden, Scania, Torna district
circa 1800
dove-tail tapestry
53 x 102 cm
This cover is unusual both for the stylised motifs and because it is rare for a dove-tail tapestry from Torna to have so few flowers.
V. Hansen, Swedish Textile Art: Traditional Marriage Weavings from Scania: The Khalili Collection, London 1996, cat. 8, pp.38–9.