What is unusual about this curtain is the discrete color element in the form of thin, large squares surrounding groups of “mosquito scale windows” in the pattern. It makes the curtain very modern, yet very traditional. Mosquito screen curtains are usually plain white. Another unusual feature is that it is as narrow, only 65 centimeters, as a modern panel curtain, which also makes it still feel very current in width. So-called panel curtains can be hung completely smooth, so that the pattern appears, but without the curtains obscuring the view. All in all, “Thea” is a suitable curtain for both the small windows in the cottage and the large ones in the city. The narrow width also means that the curtain can easily be pinned to a curtain board, preferably draped, as the neat selvedges do not even need to be hemmed.
Thea Olsson (1902-1993) was the only daughter of the Gästgivarns mining estate in Wall, which is one of the best-preserved mining estates in the Torsåker region of Gästrikland. When she died, she left behind a lot of valuable movable property, which was auctioned off because she had no family, but a large number of “useless” items remained on the farm, including this curtain, which she probably wove herself.
Thea Olsson and her mother Ida were known to be good at needlework. This curtain pattern is a non-period pattern, which probably left the loom sometime between 1920 and 1940.
EUR34.16
Curtain rod from the mid-19th century, typical thin rod with elegant hand-turned end knobs in birch. Attached to the wall using hand-forged screw hooks.
The original pole, which comes from the farm Nästgårds in Sterte, Österfärnebo (now one of our exhibition houses) was painted with 5 percent carbon black gray and with buds in 100 percent carbon black.
The hooks are linseed oil burnt and therefore black.
EUR84.27
Tape for curtain boards to staple to the curtain board itself and which you then pin the curtain fabric to. Can also be used as a cover for curtains.
EUR2.28
Dish brush in beech and horsehair. Practical small dish brush with replaceable head. Horsehair is soft and gentle and cleans effectively without scratching the porcelain. Machine made.
Weight 94 g. Length 23 cm. Width 4 cm. Height 4.5 cm
EUR6.29
Refill brush in beech and horsehair for dish brush. Machine made.
Weight 23 g. Height 4 cm. Diameter 6,5 cm.
EUR5.01
Classic dishcloth made in the traditional way from rice root. Suitable for cleaning pans and pots.
Tips! Put the dishcloth in boiling water for a few minutes before using it for the first time and you’ll get a tough, resilient brush that can withstand a good scrubbing.
EUR10.02
Hand-turned flower pot with barrel of traditional variety. Red flower pot that was developed as a special product for Christmas a few years ago but is now part of the regular range.
Flowerpot production became an industry and mass production in Sweden around the turn of the century 1900. Before then, all pots were made by hand, as were the saucers. The profession was called pottery.
Typical of handmade pots is that you can see the potter’s hands in the ware. The imprints from the hand-turning process create low ridges on the surface and show through on the outside. A hand-turned pot is therefore not as smooth as a machine pot, it is more personal and has more life and variety.
A detail that also reveals the real craftsmanship is the soft, rounded rim at the top. It can certainly be made by machine, but it will never be as soft and individual as on a hand-turned pot.
EUR49.65
Traditional flower table in the finest pine. Carved by local cabinetmaker and sculptor.
Untreated. Can be painted with linseed oil paint on request.
EUR439.10
Copy of one of our many beautiful flower tables in Gysinge. The original table is from the 1910s in typical simple neo-Gustavian style, painted white, with about a hundred slats and thin tapered legs.
EUR409.49
Hand-turned flowerpots and saucers of the traditional variety. Flowerpot production became an industry and mass production in Sweden around the turn of the century 1900. Before then, all pots were made by hand, as were the saucers. The profession was called pottery. Typical of handmade pots is that you can see the potter’s hands in the ware. The imprints from the hand-turning process create low ridges on the surface and show through on the outside. A hand-turned pot is therefore not as smooth as a machine pot, it is more personal and has more life and variety. A detail that also reveals the real craftsmanship is the soft, rounded rim at the top. It can certainly be made by machine, but it will never be as soft and individual as on a hand-turned pot.
A Rolls-Royce for the garden is this jet nozzle in solid brass. It is attached to the garden hose – a suitable hose clamp is included – and allows you to adjust the water flow from a narrow jet to a shower. Light years from today’s plastic gardening items.
EUR45.09
Handmade folding screen painted with 7% green umber linseed oil paint. A beautiful separator with fabric Gysinge flowers.
The screen consists of four parts and the frame is painted with 7% green umber linseed oil paint.
Painted pine. Height 182 cm. Width per piece 55 cm.
EUR1 092.74
Newly manufactured classically stylish foot scraper in cast iron after an old model. Solid heavy quality, specially cast for Gysinge. Semi-circular shape with openwork star pattern. Untreated surface. Marking Gysinge.
It is not surface treated, but should instead be left outdoors until it has “finished rusting”. It will stop rusting after a few months. It can certainly be painted, but where the scraper becomes worn, it will still rust.
Place the scraper on a smooth surface, otherwise there is a risk of it cracking under uneven and heavy loads. Be careful with the rust water at first as it can leave stains that never go away. Therefore, never place a foot scraper on a wooden deck or directly on a stone staircase until it has finished rusting.
Untreated cast iron. Length 81 cm, height 19 mm, width 41.5 cm. Weight 13.6kg
Note! The foot scraper in the environmental image is blacker in color than an untreated one when treated with linseed oil.
EUR91.01
Garden chair of a lavish model from a farm in Husby parish, Dalarna. The chair, which is of the same “family” as our garden sofa, is one of two preserved on the farm and is probably made at the end of the 19th century.
The details are strongly reminiscent of those of the garden sofa, but are neater in dimensions. The chair, which is very comfortable to sit in, has been painted white from the start (about 2% green umber).
EUR373.05
Simple garden bench with a ribbed seat and slightly curved legs based on a turn-of-the-century model. The legs rest on soles of “sacrificial wood”, which protects against rot and can be easily replaced.
The original bench was found in an attic in Gamla Gefle in 1992 during a renovation. Useful both in the garden and on the veranda.
Unpainted pine. Height 44 cm. Length 127 cm. Width 31 cm.
EUR318.39
Copy of a period garden furniture from the early 1900s. The original of the model comes from the Sommarro café in Boulognerskogen in Gävle and was discarded when the furniture was modernized in the late 1970s.
Easy to handle size and foldable. Can also be stacked for a stable longer table.
It is suggested that it be painted as it was originally, with chrome oxide green linseed oil paint.
Pine, unpainted. We also paint the desired color on request. Height 73, length 106, width 59 cm. Additional shipping 250 SEK/table.
(In the picture with the garden group in chrome oxide green color, a smaller table of the same model has been discontinued).
EUR382.16
Light, comfortable and foldable. It is suggested that it be painted as it was originally, with chrome oxide green linseed oil paint.
Pine, unpainted. Can be delivered painted on request. Height 91, width 44 cm.
Garden and veranda sofa based on a model from the second half of the 19th century. The original sofa comes from a farm in Torsåker, Gästrikland, where two preserved sofas, originally painted in bright ultramarine blue color, were placed on either side of the entrance to an open carpenter’s porch. Profiled ribbing in the seat and back and also otherwise very well made details. The legs rest on soles of “sacrificial wood”, which protects against rot and can easily be replaced if necessary. Fits very well together with the Sommarro garden furniture.
Unpainted pine. Can be delivered painted to order. Height 86 cm. Length 150 cm. Width 72 cm.
EUR773.89
EUR11.75
Traditional galvanized iron gate lock for wooden and iron gates.
Total length 145 mm, grip distance 120 mm, distance between handles 115 mm. Handles about 85 mm long.
Recommended distance between post and gate min. 65 mm.
EUR70.60
Paper garland with a classic Christmas tree pattern. Five repeats attached to green thin silk ribbon and picture on back and front.
Dimensions 11,5 x 16,5 cm. Ribbon 102 cm
Handmade rings of mouth-blown clear glass. Diameter 35-40 mm. Size and shape may vary slightly as they are handmade.
Swedish made in traditional glassworks for Gysinge. Traditionally used for roller shutter sets.
The price is per piece.
The 18th century beaker-shaped drinking glasses are very rare. Occasionally, you can see a specimen at quality auctions in Stockholm. A few glasses are also preserved in Swedish museum collections.
The glasses are similar in shape to silver goblets from the same period. They have the same trumpet shape, they have the same folded mouth rim and the clearly marked heel is also similar to the foot of the silver goblets. There is no mistaking that beaker glasses are a more everyday version of silver goblets, even though glass goblets, like porcelain plates, were already a great luxury in the 18th century. What is surprising, however, is that so few beakers have survived, compared with, for example, wine glasses on feet. Perhaps this is because glass goblets were considered simpler than glasses on Our goblet glasses are hand-blown and they were used more frequently and therefore broke more often.
Our beakers are hand-blown and therefore as individual as the originals. The glass mass varies with uneven thickness, streaks, stripes and sometimes blisters. The dot mark under the heel shows where the glassblower’s pipe was located. The folded rim is also a typical 18th-century detail.
Available in three sizes. A large one for beer or juice. A medium size for wine, water or milk. And a small nubb glass. All three glasses are suitable as vases. The first tussilion in the nubb glass, a bunch of white or blue anemones in the wine glass, or a bouquet of summer flowers in the beer glass.
EUR33.25
Highly absorbent cloth in full linen. Linen dries faster than cotton or synthetics and avoids the typically sour scent of harvest cloth. The cloth is woven from unbleached linen yarn using the Cypress technique, a weaving technique that produces a looser and more flexible cloth than modern ones. Unbleached linen also absorbs moisture much better than bleached linen. The cloth has a sturdy sewn-on hanger, which makes it easy to hang on a hook after use.
Because the Gysing cloth is woven in a traditional shuttle loom with the same weft thread running back and forth in the weave – not cut at the edges as in modern robot looms – it has a real selvedge and the cloth lasts longer.
In fact, the Gysinget cloth is like an old-fashioned coarse linen towel, the kind that used to hang in barns, and for those who need a coarse towel, it can of course still be used as such. With its discreet goose eye pattern and real selvedge, it is also useful as a tablecloth. Few textiles are smoother and shinier after mangling than Gysingetrasan. Otherwise, Gysinget cloth is primarily designed for floor cutting. Because it is large and sturdy, you can soak and rinse the floors much more effectively than with small, modern cloths. It is also excellent in the shower, as a mat in the bathroom and generally in wet areas where you want to keep dry.
EUR20.86
