Christmas Swedish Dala Horse
by Suzanne Powers
Title
Christmas Swedish Dala Horse
Artist
Suzanne Powers
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Dala horse or Dalecarlian originally from Central Sweden where horses were used to pull large amounts of timber from the woods. During economic hardships in the 19th century woodcarvers carved these horses to sell and barter for food, the craft quickly spread. The traditional colors are bright red, green, white and blue depicting a harness and details. There are many style of Dala horses depending on the region it comes from. The horse is still hand crafted today using pine, it's pattern is 150 years old and the shape is due to flat plane style carving.
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December 14th, 2014
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