Swedish Pile
Signed 'ID, KLH' (Ingrid Dessau, Kristianstads Lans Hemslojd).
Signed 'ID, KLH' (Ingrid Dessau, Kristianstads Lans Hemslojd).
The salmon ground covered by an oversized stylized cartouche enclosing a pair of rose shade circular floral medallions surrounded by a dusty rose primary border of interconnecting garlands of vines and flowers and four decorative floral ground borders and plain medium blue and gold outer borders.
A long narrow runner set on a deep brown ground, the field animated by a vertical procession of medallions - alternating round rosettes rendered in celadon, olive, and cream, and diamond-shaped lattice forms edged in green - each linked by slender curling stems. The wide border is dense with scrolling acanthus and rosette forms in the same palette of soft green, gold, and ivory against the brown ground, giving the whole piece a continuous, symmetrical rhythm from end to end.
An open, softly abrashed ivory field is scattered with small sprays of pale pink and green flowers linked by thin trailing vines that arc gently along the inner border. The wide outer border in dusty rose repeats a dense floral garland of small blossoms and leaves in muted greens, golds, and cream. Corners resolve the vine scrolls into loose floral medallions, and the palette throughout stays soft and faded rather than saturated.
An open ivory field, framed by an inset arched medallion line, holds sparse sprays of pink roses with grey-green stems scattered at the corners and center. The wide border sets a black ground against garlands of pink and gold floral bouquets tied with ribbon-like scrolls, with shell motifs anchoring the corners, all enclosed by a narrow gold guard stripe and outer dark green band.
A deep green field centers on a radiating medallion of red and ivory rays, flanked above and below by lyre-like urns issuing laurel garlands and acanthus scrolls that terminate in cornucopia-form flower baskets at each corner. The wide gold border is patterned with small floral sprays and rosettes, framed by narrow blue guard stripes, with a pointed ivory lambrequin band separating field from border and a circular medallion set in each corner of the border.
A dense field of interlacing acanthus scrolls in golden yellow and pale blush tones spreads across a deep blackish-green ground, the leafy volutes overlapping in an allover pattern without a central medallion. The border presents a lattice of diagonal ribboning in pale green and cream, punctuated at each corner and midpoint by a stylized rosette in blush pink, framed by narrow yellow and dark green guard stripes.
A pale ivory field, patterned faintly with a diamond lattice, is enclosed by a shaped, notched-cornered inner medallion outline in soft green. The wide border on a sage-green ground carries a continuous scrolling acanthus vine in golden yellow, punctuated by small stylized flowers at intervals. The corners resolve the scrollwork with mirrored curling leaf forms, giving the border a fluid, unbroken rhythm around the quiet central field.
An overall lattice of scrolling leafy vines fills the golden-yellow field, densely packed with rosettes and blossoms rendered in cream, blush pink, and pale blue. A slender gray ribbon appears to weave through the foliage near the top and bottom, echoing the border's grid pattern. The surrounding border presents a chevron band in gold and slate blue, framed by narrow solid stripes of gold and deep charcoal green.