Traditional Block Printed Folk Art Wallhanging after C19th Painting Dalamålning: C1950s Jobs Workshop, Leksand, Sweden.

Item Details.
Block printed and stencilled onto a natural linen on 1957 this wonderful Swedish Folk Art wall hanging designed by Harriet Jobs after the 19th century Dalamålning wall painting by Hjelt Per Persson, Lima, Leksand, ca 1854.

This panel depicts The Angel Gabriel announcing the forthcoming birth to the Virgin Mary (I love how they are depicted in 18th/19th century costume!). The valley paintings 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.