Hardanger Work: White basket weave cotton emb. in white with design of large and small diagonal squares of drawnwork, satin and buttonhole stitch. Edge of small scallops making five points to a side. Embroidery. White. Beautiful piece with much depth. Perfect condition. Before 1900. 16 inches sq.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Sweden
Verbatim coll. place:
SWEDEN
Culture or time period:
Swedish
Materials:
Linen (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)