Virtual Galleries

Vesterheim’s impressive collection numbers more than 59,000 objects, buildings, artworks, documents, and photographs. Here, you can see a selection from the collection. Enjoy decorative woodcarving, Norwegian rosemaling (decorative painting), jewelry and metalworking, textiles (including knitting, weaving, and folk costume), fine arts, and historical images.

Hover over a photo-tile for basic information on the item. Click on the photo-tile for a full view of the item and additional information, such as dimensions and source. There are additional views of some items.

At this time, only a sampling of Vesterheim’s collection is online. The online Virtual Galleries do not include works by living artists.

Questions about these or other objects in Vesterheim’s collection can be sent to info@vesterheim.org.

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Chair

1935
Stoughton, Wisconsin
Per Lysne
Rosemaling & Decorative Painting

Bentwood Box

1885
Vest-Agder, Norway
Unknown
Rosemaling & Decorative Painting

Bentwood Box

1890
Sogn, Norway
Unknown
Rosemaling & Decorative Painting

Bentwood Box

1860
Unknown
Unknown
Rosemaling & Decorative Painting

Bentwood Box

1843
Gudbrandsdal or Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Norway
Unknown
Rosemaling & Decorative Painting

Bentwood Box

Early 1900s
Bergen, Norway
Unknown
Rosemaling & Decorative Painting

Box

Unknown
Norway
Unknown
Rosemaling & Decorative Painting

Trunk

1837
Ryggesaas, Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway
Made by Vorm Mjaavatn, Painted by Ivar or Kjetil Urdal
Rosemaling & Decorative Painting
Coverlet with zigzags, crosses, and lightning borders are at the top and bottom - Textiles

Coverlet

1800-1870
Hardanger, Hordaland, Norway
Unknown
Textiles
Coverlet with large eight-petal flowers that are divided by diagonal bands of crosses - Textiles

Coverlet

1870-1900
Springfield Township, Iowa
Sigrid Kvien Tvenge
Textiles
Coverlet with eight-pointed stars and diamond motifs divided by diagonal zigzag borders - Textiles

Coverlet

1770-1830
Sogn, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Unknown
Textiles
Coverlet woven using crackle weave or halvdreiel technique. Crisscross pattern in red wool - Textiles

Coverlet

ca. 1890
Norway
Unknown
Textiles
Skillbragd coverlet woven in a twill diamond overshot pattern using homespun and dyed wool - Textiles

Coverlet

1830-1870
Eastern Norway
Unknown
Textiles
Norwegian coverlet woven in krokbrad (boundweave), single-point type, in red, blue, black, white, and green - Textiles

Coverlet

1870-1900
Norway
Sella, Margerethe, or Susan Kjørnes
Textiles
Coverlet with pattern wool in vertical bands of diamond forms on red, orange, yellow, pastel green and mauve horizontal bands - Textiles

Coverlet

1855-1888
Lied, Hjørundfjord, More og Romsdal, Norway
Anne Malene Lied
Textiles
Coverlet woven in a pattern of crosses, diamonds, and eight-petal flowers in rutevev - Textiles

Coverlet

1800-1830
West coast of Norway
Unknown
Textiles
Coverlet made of fairly coarse unbleached warp linen - Textiles

Coverlet

1800-1870
Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Unkown
Textiles
Coverlet with pattern in two-ply wool of diamonds and related geometric forms in two shades of red, green, and dark blue - Textiles

Coverlet

1800-1830
Norway
Unknown
Textiles
Coverlet with four-ply wool weft in purple, reds, pink, greens, browns, gold - Textiles

Coverlet

1800-1870
Mo, Telemark, Norway
Unknown
Textiles
Coverlet with two-ply wool weft in yellow, orange, pink, red, purple, green and blue - Textiles

Coverlet

1830-1870
Norway
Unknown
Textiles
Coverlet with geometric tapestry technique with single interlock joins - Textiles

Coverlet

ca. 1900
Seljeset, Hornindal, Nordfjord, Norway
Unknown
Textiles
Coverlet with intricate vertical bands of eight-pointed starts and diamonds - Textiles

Coverlet

1830-1900
Norway
Unknown
Textiles
Coverlet woven in Telemarksvev, with two vertically joined sections - Textiles

Coverlet

1870-1900
Vinje, West Telemark, Norway
Possibly Margit Hovden, oldest sister of donor's mother.
Textiles
Coverlet with change of colors of center squares is hand inlay - Textiles

Coverlet

1800-1870
Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
Unknown
Textiles
Duvet cover with front and back panels that feature different stripes - Textiles

Duvet Cover

1870-1900
Ålesund, Sunnmøre, Norway
Unknown
Textiles
Coverlet woven in one section, with boundweave - Textiles

Coverlet

1870-1900
Sogndal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Mette Fimreite Nornes
Textiles
Coverlet with long-eyed heddles with inlayed inscriptions and other geometric designs - Textiles

Coverlet

1887
Norway
Unknown
Textiles
Coverlet woven in rosepath (rosebragd) technique in stripes - Textiles

Coverlet

1870-1900
Norway
Unknown
Textiles