An offprint from the official report of the Baltic Exhibition in Malmö, 1914, surveying the Swedish home-crafts (hemslöjd) section. It opens with a history of the revival of Swedish handicraft from the 1860s to 1909 and the role of the Föreningen för Svensk Hemslöjd and the regional hemslöjd societies. It then goes region by region (Västerbotten, Ångermanland, Jämtland, Dalarna, Hälsingland, Gästrikland, Värmland, Småland, Öland, Halland, Skåne, Blekinge, Östergötland and others), describing the textiles, lace, embroidery, knitting, baskets and furniture each society showed. Many photographs show exhibition rooms, rya rugs, lace, and costumes. There are no weaving drafts, but techniques such as rödlakan, krabbasnår, dukagång, rosengång, opphämta and rya are described.

Type

Book

Date

1914

Language

Swedish

Pages

65

Archive notes

Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish