80% Linen, 20% Cotton
The field is left entirely open, an unbroken expanse of pale ivory ground animated only by fine, evenly spaced horizontal lines in a soft lavender tone. These thin banding lines run the full width of the surface at regular intervals, creating a quiet, ruled rhythm across an otherwise plain ground. A circular detail inset shows the close, textured weave structure where the pale ground and lavender striping intersect.
Attributed to Ingrid Hellman-Knafve
The field is organized in horizontal bands built from offset rectangular blocks, giving a brick-like patchwork effect that runs the length of the runner. Tones move gently between straw yellow, oatmeal, taupe and pale gray, each block subtly varied in tone from its neighbors. There is no distinct border; the composition runs edge to edge, closing at each end in a short row of loose warp fringe.
Initialed "KLH ID" (Kristianstad Lans Hemslojd, Ingrid Dessau)
A golden-yellow field is organized into repeating scalloped arches formed by mauve-purple vining lines, each arch enclosing a small stylized flower head, arranged in four horizontal registers of six arches across. The plain plum-toned border frames the field evenly on all sides, interrupted only by small floral sprigs set into each corner. The palette throughout is limited to warm gold against muted violet-brown.
A square cushion cover with a plain ivory ground bordered by a stitched outline in brown thread. Within the panel, four triangular pinwheel motifs in muted taupe and gray radiate from a small solid brown square at the center, their edges finished in visible whip-stitching. The wide undyed border frames the composition on all sides, left entirely open.
An open sage-green field is framed by sinuous, whiplash tendrils rendered in muted teal that curl into the corners and loop toward a central medallion of stylized ginkgo-like blossoms in pale cream. The wide border repeats the same organic scrollwork against a dusty rose ground, edged by narrow stripes of ivory and green before meeting the outer field tone again. The overall palette stays soft and tonal throughout, with the pattern's long curving lines giving the composition a distinctly fluid, plant-like rhythm.
