Soumak

An open ivory field, left plain except for subtle horizontal striations, is enclosed by a slate-blue border set with a single row of nested squares in mustard, dusty rose, and sage green, each centered on a small ivory ground with a tiny colored square at its core. A narrow checkered band of alternating blue and ivory blocks separates the field from this square motif border, and fringe is visible at both ends. A small red woven mark appears in the lower left corner of the border.

Initialed "IS" (Ingegerd Silow)

The field is a nested series of golden-toned rectangular frames stepping inward toward a shaded amber center, with small pale-blue diamond accents scattered along the innermost band. A wide ivory border surrounds this, patterned with repeating stylized tree or feather forms in brown and ochre alternating with small clustered diamond motifs, all enclosed by a solid tan outer band. Flat-woven fringe finishes the top and bottom edges.

A long runner composed of horizontal bands broken into irregular rectangular blocks of varying widths, arranged in a repeating brick-like pattern down the length of the field. The palette moves through soft ivory, pale straw, warm gold, ochre, and muted taupe-gray, with some blocks showing a flecked, textured surface against smoother neighboring sections. Both ends finish in loose knotted fringe, and the layout has no border, letting the patchwork of color blocks run directly to the edges.

A narrow runner divided into vertical bands filled with rows of opposed triangles alternating in taupe-brown and ivory, each band anchored by small diamond medallions in magenta, mustard yellow, teal, and sage green. A slim golden-yellow guard stripe frames the composition, closing at each end with a narrow patterned border of small stepped diamonds before the loose warp fringe. The overall field remains dense and repetitive, with no open ground left undecorated.

Initialed "AB MMF, BN" (AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson)

Initialed "AB MMF, BN" (AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson)

Signed 'MA'

An open, undecorated field in pale ivory is left almost entirely bare, its surface enlivened only by faint horizontal striations from the flatweave structure. Along both long sides, small chevron-and-bud motifs march in a single file, alternating in red, blue, yellow, and green against olive-toned arrow shapes. A narrow plain band frames the composition top and bottom, finishing in loosely knotted warp fringe, with the small woven initials noted near one lower corner.

An open field of even sage green fills the entire interior, unbroken by any central medallion or ornament. It is framed by a narrow plain green inner guard, then a wide tan border patterned with small triangular and diamond forms in brown and rust, edged by another slim green line, and finally an outer tan-and-brown triangle border repeating the same motif at the perimeter.

An open ivory field is framed by a striped brown-and-cream border and divided by two vertical brown lines running nearly the full length. Stepped, key-shaped brown and rust-red devices anchor the top and bottom of the field, each flanked by small geometric bursts in rust, sage green, mustard, and black, while scattered short bars in brown and orange interrupt the plain ground along the sides.

Initialed "AB MMF, BN" (AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson)