$3,198
Scandinavian "Rollakan" Bed Cover and a Bench Cover, Skane, c. 1820, the bed cover comprised of two halves sewn together with an allover design of alternating eight-pointed stars, stylized birds, and figures in hexagons in green-yellow, royal blue, red, black, and ivory highlights, stylized confronting bird border, 6 ft. 9 in. x 4 ft. 4 in. ; the bench cover, with a red field with an allover hexagonal lattice design inset with eight-pointed stars, stylized birds, and figures in yellow-green, medium blue, ivory, and black, double-cross-patterned border, 4 ft. 8 in. x 1 ft. 9 in. Literature: For more information on Scandinavian flatweaves please see Flatweaves From Fjord and Forest , Peter Willborg, 1984, p. 74.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-03-28
