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Coverlet with warp of 12/12 fiskegarn (cotton) sett ca. 9 epi. Two-ply spelsau wool weft in greens, red, blue, yellow, and tan. Rutevev or geometric tapestry technique with single interlock joins. Design of five eight-petal flowers across the bottom and top. Alternating eight-petal flowers in the body are framed by complex borders of diamonds and small block motifs. The ends of warp are knotted and turned back and later machine-stitched.