Pasiak Traditional Polish Handwoven Textile from Łowicz 1970

Description

A bedcover, a quilt or a blanket? Or maybe a vintage costume from Opole or Łowicz region in Poland? This sort of striped textile was made for centuries and used in all these ways.

Time: 70s XX c
Material: Wool sourced and dyed locally – in Poland:)
Condition: Perfect
Handmade on traditional loom in Central Poland.
Size: 194×140 cm // 75,5×51 inch
See similar “Pasiaki” on a website of Wroclaw National Museum in Poland:

O pasiakach, nie tylko tych z Łowicza

Striped textiles, where linen warp is most often interwoven with multicolored woolen (but also sometimes linen or cotton) weft, have a distant tradition in Poland dating back to the 11th century.l Bedcover.