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INDUSTRIAL ART.
905
»Handarbetets Vänner», but, besides that,
they have devoted themselves to
metal-work, furniture, wood-carving, etc.,
especially of chests, boxes, and the like in a
national, old northern »dragon»-style with
geometrical motives. In 1899, Miss B.
Hübner and the well-known artist A.
Wallander, noted as an eminent designer of
furniture, textile patterns,
tapestry-car-toons, and — above every thing — as a
china-painter, became the heads of the
Company. Ever since, the Company’s
sphere of work has been enlarged in all
departments. They have adopted and
very independently developed modern
international ideas on decorative ärt.
Among other talents at the Company’s
disposal may be mentioned Miss F. Lönngren and the sculptress Miss S. Dahl.
Syensk Hemslöjd (Swedish Domestic Industry Association), founded
in 1899 with Prince Eugen at the head, have made it their object to
regenerate national domestic art, to offer to the worker a brisk sale of
his products, to advise him, and to accommodate him with designs.
For this purpose, the Society has arranged a permanent exhibition in
Stockholm for the sale of those articles. From all parts of the country,
they keep products of home manufacture, very different in character
and kind, e. g., textile work, furniture, lace, basket-, metal-, and
pottery-work, etc.
The Textile department of the Northern Company, Ltd, directress
Mrs Th. Grafström, as also the artist J. Kulle, G. F. J. Karlin, and
others, have also contributed to raise our textile work.
The manufacture of furniture has existed for a long time in the
country districts. Sometimes you meet with real masters in their trade among
these country cabinet-makers. This industry is now embraced with
deep interest by many of our most excellent architects and other artists,
and, to all appearances, a national Swedish furniture-style seems to
be developing out of the somewhat vague experimenting of the last
years. Among the many designers of artistic furniture are the architect
C. Westman and the sculptor Chr. Eriksson-, the latter, perhaps, deserves
better than any one else the title of artistic artisan. He has practised
various kinds of industrial art. Whether he designs a large piece of
furniture or only a simple lock, he shows the same interest, fertile
invention, and sense for originality in form.
In Sweden, ohina manufacture is, at the side of textile work, the
decorative art that has reached the highest degree of development.
Once, we manufactured but faience from Dutch, French, and English
Wooden Stoup.
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