DOI issue:
No. 240 (March 1913)
DOI article:Branting, Agnes: Modern tapestry-work in Sweden
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21160#0129
Modern Swedish Tapestry
&t »mE2^3j™^S5^8R' women from Scania, new
examples designed by well-
" st. george and the dragon." designed by alf. wallander; woven known artists in this
by svensk konstslojd
country. Among these
was a "Gobelin" of an
Tapestry-work in this country is carried out for elaborate character representing a funeral scene
many and greatly varying purposes. Antependia, in a country district; it was executed by the
hangings, and carpets are made for churches, and Nordiska Company of Stockholm from a de-
it seems as if ecclesiastical textiles were about to sign by the eminent architect Ferdinand Boberg
enjoy a period of renaissance. For dwelling- and his wife Anna Boberg, who has earned a wide
houses there are executed
hangings, carpets, table-
covers, quilts, tapestry-
work for furniture,
cushions, and smaller
articles. The art here has
many branches, and new
ramifications open every
day. As an example of
quite a new form may be
mentioned a banner woven
by the Atelier Licium,
Stockholm, for the
Veterinary Medical School
of the same city, the work
consisting of a fine linen
warp with a weft of light
blue silk, and embellished
with yellow silk and gold,
the whole after a cartoon
by Lars Wahlman.
Instruction in the art of
. the blessed virgin. designed by alf. wallander ; woven by svensk
tapestry-work is developing konstslojd
106
&t »mE2^3j™^S5^8R' women from Scania, new
examples designed by well-
" st. george and the dragon." designed by alf. wallander; woven known artists in this
by svensk konstslojd
country. Among these
was a "Gobelin" of an
Tapestry-work in this country is carried out for elaborate character representing a funeral scene
many and greatly varying purposes. Antependia, in a country district; it was executed by the
hangings, and carpets are made for churches, and Nordiska Company of Stockholm from a de-
it seems as if ecclesiastical textiles were about to sign by the eminent architect Ferdinand Boberg
enjoy a period of renaissance. For dwelling- and his wife Anna Boberg, who has earned a wide
houses there are executed
hangings, carpets, table-
covers, quilts, tapestry-
work for furniture,
cushions, and smaller
articles. The art here has
many branches, and new
ramifications open every
day. As an example of
quite a new form may be
mentioned a banner woven
by the Atelier Licium,
Stockholm, for the
Veterinary Medical School
of the same city, the work
consisting of a fine linen
warp with a weft of light
blue silk, and embellished
with yellow silk and gold,
the whole after a cartoon
by Lars Wahlman.
Instruction in the art of
. the blessed virgin. designed by alf. wallander ; woven by svensk
tapestry-work is developing konstslojd
106