Carriage Cushion Cover (Octagon and Diamond Lattice with People)

Location: Sweden, Scania, Herrestads district

Materials: interlocked tapestry

Dimensions: 58 x 92 cm

Accession Number: SW 11

Other Notes:

Here octagons join vertically and horizontally to form rows; the background space forms large diamonds; and the underlying lattice is less obvious. This example, SW 89 and SW 17 are closely related; here, the lattice is in brown and ivory, and in the others it is in red and ivory. In all of them, we find a blue eight-pointed star within each octagon. On the yellow elongated octagonal window in the centre of each star are placed standing human figures, their hands on their waists as if dancing.

Bibliography:

V. Hansen, Swedish Textile Art: Traditional Marriage Weavings from Scania: The Khalili Collection, London 1996, cat. 25, pp.82–3.