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Scandinavia. Important Finnish ryijy with impeccable provenance. This one-off Finnish ryijy dated ‘1937’ was made for exhibition at the Exposition Internationale in Paris, 1937, by the multi-talented and prolific Finnish artist Greta Skogster-Lehtinen (1900-1994 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Skogster) where she won several awards, and then in following years gifted to her friend the celebrated Finnish designer and glass and metal artist Gunnel Nyman (1909-1948 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnel_Nyman) who subsequently passed it down to her daughter. It was then sold by her ‘anonymously’ at auction four years ago (2018) when it passed into our hands, but its exact provenance has only come to light very recently. It is dated across the top where it has several stylised 'running animal' figures while the wide outer border elsewhere has two repeating motifs, and the central design is of various shaped stylised motifs. The size is 185cm x 135cm (approx. 72.75in x 53.25in) and is hand made of wool with lovely mellow dyes and is in excellent condition. (For more Scandinavian textiles please see - https://warpandweft.club/scandinavia/)
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