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Swedish, Gärds or Villands, Skåne Province

Wedding Bench Runner - so-called Bänklängd. 1848

Wool on linen, flat-woven in rölakan technique. 417 × 52 cm (164 ⅛ × 20 ½ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork:  Swedish, Gärds or Villands, Skåne Province. Wedding Bench Runner - so-called Bänklängd. 1848.

Estimate:

EUR 3,500

 

- 5,000

USD 3,980

 

- 5,690

Sold for:

4,375 EUR (incl. premium)

Spring Auctions 2016

ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 02.06.2016

Information

Wool on linen, flat-woven in rölakan technique. 417 × 52 cm (164 ⅛ × 20 ½ in.).

Related literature: Viveka Hansen: Swedish Textile Art. Traditional Marriage Weavings from Scania. The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Swedish Textile Art, London 1996, ill. 10, 12 and 112 / Viveka Hansen: Textila Kuber och Blixtar. Rölakanets Konst och Kulturhistoria, Stockholm 1992, p. 10ff. and 139ff..

Wool on linen, woven in rölakan technique only