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Go forth and behold the lands — Hand-embroidered wall hanging with a church by the shore
Catalogue no. BND-10132
$399
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Embroidered text on the wall hanging: ”Gån med och skåden landen, där kyrkorna på stranden stå glimmande som liljan uti sin vita prakt” — ”Go forth and behold the lands, where the churches on the shore stand gleaming like the lily in its white splendour.” The verse comes from Erik Axel Karlfeldt’s poem ”Dalmarsch” (Fridolin’s Songs, 1898), a tribute to the lakes, whitewashed churches and church-boat processions of Dalarna. A hand-embroidered Swedish wall hanging on pale linen in an unusually long, narrow format, made to hang above a door or a sofa. At the centre a white church with a shingled tower rises on an island of red cottages, green trees and rolling fields; a long church boat full of rowers glides across the still water, and to the right two birches in free embroidery bend over a wooden fence. The verse is worked in dark blue thread in a free, handwritten script, divided into two panels by winding blue borders. The reverse is shown in the photographs: the work is entirely hand-stitched, with no machine seams. Era: early to mid 20th century. Dimensions: 32 x 101 cm. Material: Linen with cotton and wool embroidery, hand-stitched. Condition: Good — softly patinated linen, storage creases, see photos. Unique — 1 of 1. Hand-embroidered and hung in a Swedish home; no copy exists.
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