Important Modernist carpet
1930s
Designed 1929, executed 1930
Hand-knotted wool
With woven signature 'it'
Offered together with two watercolour drawings from the designer, both signed and one dated 1929
Exhibited:
Stockholm Exhibition, Villa 42
V.I.P. in Swedish Design, Kalmar Konstmuseum 1996.
Literature:
Katalog Över Bostadsavdelningen: Stockholms Utställningen 1930 (illustrated in situ)
Stockholm Exhibition1930 (Stockholm: Tryckt Hos Bröderna Lagerström, Boktryckare, 1930) p. 149
Drawing illustrated: V.I.P. in Swedish Design: Axel Larsso, Ingegerd Torhamn, Inga Linden & Paula Sokolow, Arkiv for Svensk Formgivning, Kalmar Konstmuseum
Svenska Textilier 1930, Stockholm 1930, Nils G. Wollin, plate no. 50
One of the ten rugs of her designs (including this rug as part of the music room) exhibited at the important Stockholm Exhibition of 1930. A number of her works, including those from the Stockholm Exhibition, are retained within the permanent collection of the National Museum, Stockholm.
Ref: 2206024
H. 218cm/85.8"
W. 218cm/85.8"