Title: Carriage Cushion Cover (Reindeer, Birds and Hearts)
Date: early 19th century
Location: Sweden, Scania, Färs or Ljunits district
Materials: interlocked tapestry
Dimensions: 51 x 83 cm
Accession Number: SW 61
Other Notes:
The weaver of this textile was clearly skilled and imaginative. The design features birds and reindeer, and hearts both inside and outside eight-pointed medallions. The birds arranged around the border are typical, but the heart-and-medallion motif is not known from any other examples.
Bibliography:
V. Hansen, Swedish Textile Art: Traditional Marriage Weavings from Scania: The Khalili Collection, London 1996, cat. 35, pp. 102–3.
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