The Swedish long-pile rya rug – is it a decorative item on the floor, or just something that collects dust? They were really popular in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and in those days ‘everybody’ had to have at least one rya rug.
Sweden’s most famous ...
The Swedish long-pile rya rug – is it a decorative item on the floor, or just something that collects dust? They were really popular in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and in those days ‘everybody’ had to have at least one rya rug.
Sweden’s most famous designers created rya patterns. The handicraft shops sold kits for making your own rya rug. King Gustav V knotted rya rugs, as did half the population of Sweden.
Now there is considerable interest in all sorts of long-pile rugs again. Auction houses sell decorative rya rugs from the eighteenth century at sky-high prices, but rugs from the mid-1900s will soon catch up in price.
Uuve Snidare, well-known journalist and textile designer, gives us an expert description of a part of our cultural heritage.