My Dalecarlian Wooden Horse Photo. ©nini.tjader.2015
This is my dalecarlian wooden horse, or the “dalahäst”, and its sibling, the small one, plus the wooden cock. They are all older than me. I have had that big horse all my life, and I love it.
Nowadays they are usually not handmade (as far as I know). Very usual tourist souvenir. They come in all kinds of looks nowadays too. They can even be collectors items and sold dearly at various auctions. A very Swedish decorative item.
The small horse. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2015
Above is a close-up of the small wooden horse. Very naïve painting. It is 4.5 cms high.
Ikeas version of the wooden horse. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2015
The above is an Ikea-version of the wooden horse. It is black and has a grey fur… Ikea did a series of wooden horses at some time, in different colors and looks. I love this black one. Just as decorative as the old red one and about the same size. But the red one is the original. Makes you happy looking at it, right?
Read more about the dalecarlian wooden horse here.
The original dalecarlian wooden horse. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2015
