Woven

Bohusland tissue from the early 1800s. Woven in woollen canopy technology of wood-coloured wool yarn and cotton yarn on linen warp. The colours are red, black, light green, medium blue and light yellow. The bright yellow tint is cotton yarn that was originally white. The geometric pattern appears against a red bottom patterned with stylized lilies assembled in a similar cross (so-called lily cross) inscribed in a rhombus. A ring of four yellowish-white S-shapes, constructed of small squares, is built in each rhombus. Between the Rombians less blue motifs of Romber with four “legs.” Two sized triangles, constructed of diagonal lines in several colours, stand in from the long sides between the motifs. The long sides finished with a frame in black. At the ends, the warp ends with impact rips and knots. The four corners of the tissue have originally been decorated with squares of cut red and blue wool fabric in five layers. These are preserved in two of the corners. A stitched fabric patch on the underside of the tissue indicates the provenance of the tissue: This tissue in the red sheet (bench pad) was purchased 1 September 1921, signed by the home owner Adle Johansson Nolby Solberga sn. in Bohusi Red Sheets The tissue was said to be woven from 1809-1810 by A. Johansson Grandma. Purchase price 100 kr. 1921 Folke Jonasson According to the literature, the lily is found as its main form in Bohuslän, southern Västergötland and western Småland, “broken S-forms” (constructed from squares) are not seen as type outside Bohuslän. No leftovers or other padding material on the back of the tissue. The colours have been bleached on the front.