large-scale design in green, purple and aubergine on turquoise ground with central tree trunk with angular branches to either side and dense arrangement of leaves; trunk, branches and leaves filled with linear patterning; stitched into a curtain panel with metal rings attached to top

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Ulmus, c. 1957

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Ulmus bears all the trademarks of Finnish-Swedish textile designer Viola Gråsten: graphic punch, natural motifs, cheerful bright colors. Gråsten’s bold color sensibility was established early on in her career in the late 1930s. By the 1950s, when she worked as a textile designer for Swedish department store Nordiska Companiet (literally “The Nordic Company”), she was famous for her “Gråsten-colors.” The dominance of the tree, constructed of simplified lines and unusual colors in Ulmus, gives the textile an unmistakably modern quality. This particular length of fabric was probably used as a curtain or room divider.

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Title
Ulmus
Artist Life
(active Sweden), 1910 - 1994
Role
Designer
Accession Number
2016.40
Curator Approved

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large-scale design in green, purple and aubergine on turquoise ground with central tree trunk with angular branches to either side and dense arrangement of leaves; trunk, branches and leaves filled with linear patterning; stitched into a curtain panel with metal rings attached to top

© "Ulmus", Viola Gråsten

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