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Does not the mother tongue ring most beautifully — Jugend hand-embroidered linen wall hanging
Catalogue no. BND-740665540
$599
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Embroidered text on the hanging (Swedish): ”Klingar icke modersmålet skönast / Bindes ej ditt hem med dubbla garn / Lyser icke själfva gräset grönast / På den tufva där du lekt som barn” English translation: “Does not the mother tongue ring most beautifully — is not your home bound with double thread — does not the grass itself shine greenest on the tussock where you played as a child.” A hand-embroidered linen wall hanging in the Jugend (Art Nouveau) manner: the verse worked in deep red thread in a free fraktur script, framed by a broad woven red border and crowned with garlands of pine cones and needle sprigs in green and natural white. The archaic spelling (”själfva”, ”tufva”) and the Jugend idiom place it in the early 1900s. A verse about longing for home — among the most loved in Swedish houses. Era: The Antique Years — Jugend / Art Nouveau, early 1900s. Dimensions: approx. 72 x 52 cm overall (28.3 x 20.5 in). Material: Linen with cotton embroidery, woven red bound border. Condition: Good used condition — minor signs of use; see the photographs. Unique — 1 of 1. Hand-embroidered and it has hung in a Swedish home; no duplicate exists.
Condition of sale
Sold as seen · Antique textiles
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