Title

Round Wood Doll Candleholder with Blekinge Folk Dress: Candleholder

Creation Date

20th century

Count

1

Maker's Mark

Hemslöjden - Boras Sjuhärad - Establ 1934

Description

A round doll candleholder made of wood, paint, flax yarn and brass.  Depicts the traditional provincial folk dress, or folkdräkt, of Blekinge, Sweden.  This outfit includes a (painted) blue skirt a white half-apron with pink, blue and taupe vertical stripes, a blue vest with wide vertical pink stripes, a white blouse, and a blue scarf with red and white stripes and white fringe.  With flax yarn hair worn in a bun with a top braid, and red wood candle cups with brass liners in place of hands.  Sticker on base: “Hemslöjden, Boras Sjuhärad, Establ 1934”.   Original Gammelgarden artifact number D-0187-08.  See also DD-0089-25 and DD-0342-26 for similar round wood doll candleholders.