Vintage fabric from Sweden with floral design

Vintage fabric from Sweden with floral design

This vibrant vintage textile with its exceptionally strong and vivid colours of rich cerise, deep red and purplish burgundy is in perfect condition with no fading or damage. Measuring 90.5 x 276cm (35.5 x 108.5 inches), the fabric is a furnishing-weight cotton with a very fine, tightly woven thread and has been hemmed at both ends. Purchased in Köping in Västmanland, Sweden, the screenprinted design with its alien-looking and exotic tropical/extra-terrestrial style flowers is highly characteristic of Swedish textile designs of the midcentury modern period per Josef Frank, Viola Gråsten, Saini Salonen et al. The large picture below shows only two-thirds of the fabric's actual length.