Rya rug, 1950s – Sweden | Lot 396

Lot: 396

Sweden
Rya rug, 1950s

170 x 105 cm. Colored wool and linen on canvas.

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Hammer Price: 300 €

158B - International Design
13. October 2021 at 3:00 PM CEST

Literature:

Cf. Zahle (Ed.), Skandinavisches Kunsthandwerk, Munich 1963, pp. 140f; (...) The Rya knot has been known in Sweden and Finland since ancient times. The wool and linen thread is attached to the woven canvas with a special knot. The longer the nub loops, the more variable and lively the design is in its nuances - depending on the direction in which the nubs are. (...) " (Skandinavisches Kunsthandwerk, p. 142).

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