Studio: international art (47.1909)

The Exhibition of Swedish Applied Art at Stockholm

SILK EMBROIDERED CUSHION

DESIGNED BY EVA JANCKE BJORK
EXECUTED BY THE “LICIUM,” STOCKHOLM

such eminent artists as Carl Larsson, Ferdinand
Boberg, Gunnar Hallstrom, etc. Carl Larsson is
represented by an important hante-lisse tapestry,
Venus and the Water-Sprite (p. 205), a typical
work of its famous and eminently popular de-
signer, the head and the hands of the fair goddess,
more especially, being possessed of that subtle
Larssonian grace so entirely his own. The figure
itself is perhaps not quite so interesting, but
otherwise this Gobelin is deserving of loud praise.

I used to look upon England as being far

ahead of any other country in the matter of
colour, but it must be admitted that some of
Sweden’s textile artists have attained to such
admirable results that they in any case have
become formidable rivals. The study and
production of vegetable colours has become
quite an art by itself, and one sees, in
modern Swedish work, blendings and constel-
lations essentially new and extremely beautiful,
harmonies in blue or purple, or even such

SILK EMBROIDERED CUSHION COVER

DESIGNED BY ASTRED WESSLAU HJORT
EXECUTED BY THE “LICIUM,” STOCKHOLM

SILK CUSHION EMBROIDERED IN VARIOUS COLOURS ON GREY GROUND
DESIGNED BY SIGNE ASPLIN. EXECUTED BY NORDISKA KOMPANIET

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sombre colours as grey
and brown. The exhibi-
tion of the Handarbetet’s
Vanner abounds in
examples of this craft,
and also contains speci-
mens of novel and modi-
fied weaving methods,
upon which it would be
tempting to enlarge.

Miss Agnes Branting,
who some years ago gave
up the management of
Handarbetet’s Vanner in
order to start the “ Li-
cium ” an establishment
originally intended more
especially for church
work, but which soon,
however, grew into a more