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Length of furnishing fabric
Swedish
about 1950
Medium/Technique
Printed linen plain weave
Dimensions
Length x width: 241.3 x 114.3 cm (95 x 45 in.)
Credit Line
Textile Income Purchase Fund
Accession Number2011.57
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Contemporary Art, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLength of white linen printed with blue repeating pattern of doves (duvor) perched amid bird of paradise flowers (stelitzior) and leafy ferns. Hemmed on three sides, one edge unfinished (possibly a curtain at one time). Printed in selvedge: "STRELITZIOR OCH DUVOR KOMP AV TYRA LUNDGREN NK TEXTILKAMMARE"
Provenance2005, purchased by Junnaa & Thomi Wroblewski from an antique shop, Sweden; 2011, sold by the Wroblewskis to the MFA. (Accession date: February 23, 2011)