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Tradition and Trend in Swedish Textile

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Start date: 16 Apr 2011 02:00 PM
End date: 16 Apr 2011 04:00 PM
Street / Location: 1900 Pattison Ave
City / town: Philadelphia
Country: Pennsylvania, USA
Organizer: American Swedish Historical Museum
Email: info@americanswedish.org
Phone: 215-389-1776
Homepage: www.americanswedish.org

The exhibition looks at the ways in which Swedish textiles communicate class, gender, cultural identity and social trends. Highlights from the collection include examples of Saami outerwear, Swedish provincial costumes, household linens, decorative wall hangings, tools and modern examples of Swedish style.

Gallery Talk by University of the Arts Museum Studies interns, Isabelle Heyward and Liz Russell.