SWEDISH TEXTILE ART: Traditional Marriage Weavings from Scania (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Swedish Textile Art)
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (823 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1874780072 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Synopsis" according to A Customer. For almost a hundred years from the middle of the eigthteenth century, a little-known and very beautiful art flourished in Scania, the southernmost region of Sweden. This was expressed in small textile panels that were mostly made for wedding ceremonies. Marriage rituals have always been of great importance to small communities, and for each wedding in Scania an extensive dowry composed of many kinds of woven textiles was created by the bride-to-be. The colours and the appeal of the designs remain as fresh and vibrant today as when these beautiful weavings were created during the high period of the art, o
Ninety five colourful textile panels, woven in various techniques, illustrating the ful range of traditional designs of Scanian marriage weavings.