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Merellä linen towel, 46 x 70 cm, linen - blue

Lapuan Kankurit

22.60€

Lapuan Kankurit
Merellä linen towel 22.60€

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Lapuan Kankurit’s Merellä linen towel celebrates Finnish nature with a pattern that pays tribute to the brand’s founder, Liisa Hjelt, who designed many beloved textiles herself. In the late 1970s, Hjelt created the original Merellä wall hangings that brightened Finnish homes. Today, textile designer Elena Helenius has reimagined the motif in a fresh, modern form that brings joy to towels and sauna cushions alike.

The bath towel is woven from 100% linen that has the Masters of Linen certification. The linen is lightweight, absorbent, quick-drying, and an ecological choice – and did you know it cleans perfectly even at 40 °C? Each Merellä towel is made at Lapuan Kankurit’s own weaving mill in Ostrobothnia, Finland, with €2.50 from every sale donated to the John Nurminen Foundation to help protect the Baltic Sea.

  • Length: 70 cm
  • Width: 46 cm

  • Material 100% washed European "Masters of linen" linen
  • Colour Linen, blue
  • Weight 0.1 kg
  • Notes Hanging loop on the short side of the towel.
  • Care instructions Wash separately at 60 °C (40 °C is sufficient) with a small amount of neutral detergent. Avoid softener and bleach. Slow spin, no tumble dry. Reshape while damp and iron on linen setting. Linen may shed fibres so check lint filter. Natural linen lightens with washing.
  • Product ID: LT67457

Elina Helenius

Elina Helenius (b. 1963) is a Finnish textile designer with a focus on surface, colour and pattern design. She graduated from the University of Art and Design Helsinki, Department of Textiles, in 1988. Helenius has worked widely in product design and product development, bringing Finnish design expertise to both domestic and international clients. Her collaborations include brands such as Aarikka, Adea, Doctor Design, Marimekko, Showroom Finland, and Lapuan Kankurit. Helenius has received recognition in several design competitions, and her work is featured in the collections of the Helsinki Design Museum, the Kyoto Textile Resource Center, and the Röhsska Museum of Fashion, Design and Decorative Arts in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Merellä linen towel, 46 x 70 cm, linen - blue

Lapuan Kankurit

Merellä linen towel

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