DepartmentTextiles-Europe

Sverigedräkt

NameBrooch

Maker Heidi Mattsson (Swedish)

CultureSwedish

Date2018

Place madeLerum, Sweden, Europe

Mediumaluminum, cotton

Dimensions1 15/16 × 2 3/8 × 3/8 in. (5 × 6 × 1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Museum Purchase with special funds donated by Elisabeth Alley, A.2019.40.4

Terms

value (economic concept)

Object numberA.2019.42.4

ProvenanceThis ensemble was commissioned for the Dressing with Purpose exhibition after Heidi Mattsson’s Facebook post about making a Sverigedräkt from IKEA shopping bags and recycled materials went viral in international media. After contacting her, I visited her home in 2018 to pick up a copy for the museum. Long-time docent Elisabeth Alley donated the funds to purchase the outfit.

DescriptionThis brooch is made of recycled metal soda pop tops with yellow fabric woven through the holes.