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“Warmth and Color: Traditional Norwegian Coverlets”
“Warmth and Color: Traditional Norwegian Coverlets”
Laurann Gilbertson, chief curator at the Vesterheim Museum in Decorah, Iowa, is giving this online presentation. She will speak about the colorful, wool coverlets, called åklær, that women wove in farm homes all across Norway. These coverlets were used as warm bed coverings and also for wall hangings on festive occasions. They played […]
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