Swedish Inspired

Russian Pile

A dense floral field fills the entire surface edge to edge, with no visible border separating it from the ground. Large blown roses in deep rose-pink and ivory dominate the composition, surrounded by feathery coral-toned fern fronds, sprays of small white and blue blossoms, and yellow-green leaves set against a dark olive-black ground. The arrangement is asymmetric, with clusters of bloom concentrated toward the center and lower portion and the foliage thinning toward the corners.

Ukrainian

Provenance: Jame and Jane Wrightman

A dark chocolate-brown ground is scattered with a dense repeat of small floral sprays and set with a nine-part grid of cream-outlined ovals, each enclosing a bouquet of roses, blue blossoms, and green foliage. Corners of the ovals sprout stylized acanthus scrolls in gold and beige, echoing the border's cartouches at the corners. The wide border pairs a striped pink-and-cream band with a floral vine on brown, framed by narrow guard stripes, and a small dark mark appears near the center bottom of the field.

Bessarabian

An ivory ground centers on a large scalloped medallion in soft blue and taupe, enclosing a rosette cluster of cream flowers on a brown ground; the medallion is flanked top and bottom by small oval reserves each containing a single bird set against pale blue. Surrounding the medallion, sprays of small flowers and sprigs scatter loosely across the open field, framed by a border of interlocking scrollwork in ivory on a soft terracotta band, with concentric guard stripes in blue and cream.

Bessarabian

A golden-yellow ground is filled with staggered rows of small stylized floral sprays, each rendered as a serrated leaf-form blossom in navy, rust, ivory, pink, and sage rising from a diamond-shaped rootstock. The narrow border alternates between a blue-grey field of small diamond lattice and a band of pink and ivory reciprocal trefoils, framing the field on all sides. Colors vary noticeably from motif to motif rather than following a fixed repeat, giving the rows an irregular, hand-varied rhythm.

Bessarabian

The field is laid out as a diagonal trellis in golden-tan latticework, each crossing point marked by a small rosette medallion, with clusters of stylized acanthus leaves filling the pale seafoam-green diamonds between the bands. A dark chocolate-brown border encloses the composition, decorated with scrolling pink and cream vinework, while a scalloped blue-and-cream shell motif runs along the inner edge of the border on all four sides. Small foliate cartouches occupy each corner where the border meets the scalloped band.

Bessarabian

The field is organized as an interlocking lattice of ovals in cream and olive, each compartment enclosing small floral sprays in rose, salmon, and pale blue, with rosette medallions marking the lattice intersections. A wide, dark chocolate-ground border surrounds the field, filled with large scrolling floral sprays, palmette-like blooms, and curling acanthus leaves in cream, ochre, and pink, flanked by narrower guard stripes patterned with a repeating rose-and-vine motif on a red ground.

Bessarabian

A large lobed medallion in warm brown and cream anchors the field, its dense scrolling foliage encircling a smaller rose-pink lozenge at the center. The surrounding ground shifts from mauve-pink to deeper plum, scattered with sprays of cream, coral, and red blossoms, while the wide border repeats the same floral bouquets against a dark brown ground. The overall palette favors soft rose, ivory, and chocolate brown, with small accents of powder blue among the flowers.

Eastern European Kilim

A deep black ground centers a single bouquet of large coral-pink roses and pale green foliage, gathered loosely at a slender stem base. This central panel is framed by a narrow pink and cream border line, then surrounded by a wide black field carrying a continuous garland of the same roses, tulips, and leaves rendered in coral, cream, and sage. The floral drawing is bold and cross-stitch-like in its geometry, with each bloom built from angular, faceted petals rather than curving lines.

Bessarabian

A pale ivory ground centers a classical urn spilling an abundant bouquet of roses, tulips, and mixed blossoms rendered in dusty rose, lavender, blue, and sage green. The surrounding border repeats a garland of roses and foliage interlaced with a striped ribbon motif, framing the field on all sides in a continuous floral swag. The corners resolve the ribbon and rose pattern with slight variations in scale and placement.

Bessarabian

A rich brown field is covered overall with a scrolling floral lattice, blossoms in ivory, powder blue, aubergine and touches of apricot arranged around a central medallion of layered leaf forms. The wide ivory border carries a running vine of stylized flowers and serrated leaf motifs in the same palette, framed by narrow plain guard stripes. The composition is dense and continuous, with the field pattern reading almost as a single unbroken tapestry from top to bottom.

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