HAND-WOVEN FABRIC

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19835, 26 June 1934, Page 12

HAND-WOVEN FABRIC

The visit of 240 Scandinavian business men to the British Industries Fair shows how keen are the Northern people on modern methods of weaving, for they are mainly interested in the textile industries. The women of Sweden, at any rate, still cling to the traditional hand-woven fabrics of the nation, and in almost every household you find them busy w’ith their hand looms, turning out materials for clothes as well as for furnishings. There are several schools where the art is taught exclusively. One particularly charming one is at Insjon, where, in addition to the ordinary course, there is a special holiday course in the summer. Many British women go over for this course, staying at a pension attached to the school run by two Swedish women artists. The visitors occupy room, fitted up entirely with hand-made furniture and hand-woven materials. They make excursions to various beauty spots, bathe in a delightful lake, and, in the intervals, weave fabrics which they bring away as mementoes. Just as clothes and millinery are chosen to suit the characteristics of the wearer, so furniture should be chosen in accordance with the room in which it is to be used. Amazing advances have been made with modern furniture, but to furnish a home successfully with it a great deal of understanding and ability is required. To accomplish satisfactory and pleasing results antique and modern furniture must never be combined, and the home or room in which this furniture is to be used should also be designed on modern lines of architecture.