Antique Traditional Swedish Folk Art Wall Hanging from 19th Century Painting: C1950s Job’s Workshop, Leksand, Sweden

Item Details.
Block printed and stencilled onto a natural linen C1957 this wonderful Swedish Folk Art wall hanging designed and printed by the Jobs workshop after the Dalmlningar valley wall painting by Hjelt Per Persson, Lima, Leksand, ca 1854.

This hanging depicts the ages of man from birth on the left to old age on the right (stairway to heaven). The valley paintings known as Kurbits or Dalia Kurbits mostly depicted biblical scenes, and several are well preserved and can be seen at Leksand’s cultural centre, Sweden.

Peer, Lisbet and Gocken Jobs began printing textiles in the early 1940s. The sisters Lisbet and Gocken started out as potters who often depicted local flowers and fauna that grew nearby their home in Leksand. When the Second World War made it impossible for the sisters to import glazes for their pottery, their brother Peer started transferring their patterns onto fabric using handcarved printing blocks.
Over time, Jobs began printing not only Lisbet and Gocken's many designs, but also ones created by Eva Jobs, Peer's wife, and other well-known artists including Dagman Lodén. Screenprinting eventually replaced blockprinting as the means of production. The Jobs printers also blend their own dyes by hand, using water, algae, salt, and color pigment.

Measurements.
133.5 x 69.5cm

Condition.
in excellent unused condition.
All of the items we sell are antique or vintage and as such have all the idiosyncrasies of an old and loved textile, so small marks and signs of wear are to be expected and are an inherent part of their charm.