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A<\/span> hand<\/span>–painted<\/span> Swedish<\/span> chopping<\/span> board<\/span>\u00a0for flax<\/span> (SK\u00c4KTETR\u00c4<\/span>) made<\/span> of<\/span> wood<\/span>, featuring<\/span> floral<\/span> patterns<\/span> and<\/span> a<\/span> polychrome<\/span> crown\u00a0<\/span>below<\/span> the<\/span> handle<\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n
On<\/span> the<\/span> top<\/span> part<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> object<\/span>, there<\/span> are<\/span> inscriptions<\/span> painted<\/span> in<\/span> red<\/span>: “ANNI<\/span>.SOFFI<\/span>.HANKANS<\/span> 1847″. This<\/span> is<\/span> the<\/span> surname\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span> Annia<\/span> Soffia<\/span> Hakkans<\/span>, who<\/span> received<\/span> this<\/span> decorative<\/span> cutting<\/span> board<\/span> as<\/span> a<\/span> wedding<\/span> gift<\/span>. A<\/span> wooden<\/span> tool<\/span> formerly<\/span> used<\/span> to\u00a0<\/span>scutch<\/span> hemp<\/span> or<\/span> flax<\/span>, as<\/span> well<\/span> as<\/span> to<\/span> separate<\/span> the<\/span> tow<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> straw<\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The<\/span> worker<\/span> who<\/span> scutches<\/span> holds<\/span> a<\/span> handful<\/span> of<\/span> flax<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

in<\/span> the<\/span>\u00a0left<\/span> hand<\/span> and<\/span> pass<\/span> it<\/span> through<\/span> the<\/span> notch<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> board<\/span>, which<\/span> is\u00a0<\/span>cut<\/span> at<\/span> an<\/span> angle<\/span>, then<\/span> with<\/span> a<\/span> polished<\/span> wooden<\/span> knife<\/span> called<\/span> an<\/span>\u00a0“\u00e9cangue”<\/span> or<\/span>\u00a0“\u00e9cang”<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> worker<\/span> hold<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> right<\/span> hand<\/span>. <\/span><\/div>\n
It<\/span> involves<\/span> striking<\/span> the<\/span> linen<\/span> vertically<\/span> to<\/span> detach<\/span> all<\/span> the<\/span> chevenotte<\/span> and<\/span> soften<\/span> the<\/span> fiber<\/span>, taking<\/span> care<\/span> to<\/span> roll<\/span> the<\/span> handle<\/span> over<\/span>itself<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Year<\/span>: 1847<\/span><\/div>\n
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Dimensions<\/span>:<\/span><\/div>\n
Height<\/span>: 20 cm<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Width<\/span>: 47 cm<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Depth<\/span>: 2.2 cm<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Condition<\/span>: Good<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A<\/span> hand<\/span>–painted<\/span> Swedish<\/span> chopping<\/span> board<\/span>\u00a0for linen<\/span> (SK\u00c4KTETR\u00c4<\/span>), 1847.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27222,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[93,94],"product_tag":[4065,2173,1699,1557,4064,3151,239,4063,1867,4066,86],"class_list":{"0":"post-27227","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-folk-art","7":"product_cat-rare-items","8":"product_tag-chopping-board","9":"product_tag-countryside","10":"product_tag-crown","11":"product_tag-farmer","12":"product_tag-first-half-of-the-19th-century","13":"product_tag-flower","14":"product_tag-folk-art-alsace-ceramic","15":"product_tag-handle-en","16":"product_tag-painted-wood","17":"product_tag-sweden","18":"product_tag-xixe-en","20":"first","21":"instock","22":"featured","23":"shipping-taxable","24":"purchasable","25":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiquites-bastian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/27227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiquites-bastian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiquites-bastian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiquites-bastian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiquites-bastian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiquites-bastian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=27227"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiquites-bastian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=27227"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiquites-bastian.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=27227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}