80% Cattail, 20% Cotton

The surface is composed of tightly gridded horizontal bands, each formed by flattened, straw-like strands woven across a fine crosshatched lattice. The tonal range moves subtly between pale ivory and warm tan, with the two visible sections offset slightly to reveal a faint seam down the center. A circular detail shows the individual strands twisting and overlapping unevenly, catching light differently along their lengths.

An ivory ground is covered by an all-over lattice of stepped, cross-shaped medallions in muted slate blue, dusty pink, ochre, and dark brown, each cross set within a diamond outline and repeated in staggered rows across the field. A narrow guard stripe of small stepped triangles frames the composition, with plain end borders in blue-gray, pink, and cream at top and bottom; the selvages show a fine reciprocal notch pattern in matching tones.

The field is divided by a lattice of diagonal bands into square compartments, each filled with a dense checkerboard of small triangles that read as alternating pinwheel-like units in ivory and black. The diagonal lattice bands themselves carry a fine black-and-ivory checked pattern, crossing at regular intervals to form a grid of diamonds over the whole surface. A narrow guard stripe and a wider border of small interlocking cross and lozenge shapes, again in the same two-tone palette, frame the composition on all sides.

Designed by Carin Wästberg (1859-1942).

An open ivory field is organized into stacked triangular and diamond compartments formed by fine linear outlines in mauve, plum, and soft brown. Small accents of sage green, dusty blue, and rust punctuate the intersections of the geometric lattice, while the border repeats a narrow guard pattern in muted violet and cream. At the top and bottom edges, a denser band of small-scale patterning frames the composition before giving way to a plain dark selvage.

The field presents a pastoral scene worked in muted ivory, sage green, and faded blue, with a pale goat or sheep standing beneath a flowering tree whose clusters of pink blossoms arch overhead, and slender long-necked birds moving through the underbrush at either side. The surrounding border repeats a garland of acanthus-like leaves in soft green against oatmeal, punctuated by round medallion roundels at the corners and midpoints, with a narrow inner stripe of deep plum-brown framing the composition.

An ivory ground carries an all-over lattice of interlocking wavy lines in sage green, mustard yellow, coral orange, brick red, and dark brown, forming a continuous chain of diamond and lozenge shapes across the field. The border is composed of narrow multicolored stripes echoing the same palette, running unbroken around all four sides without corner medallions or cartouches. The pattern maintains a steady, even rhythm from edge to edge with no central medallion or directional emphasis.

Initialed: ML Aubusson Renard.

100% Wool woven over a cotton foundation.