Spefaglar (Bird) (Furnishing Fabric)

Textiles

1959 (reproduced 1985)

Designed by Hans Krondahl (Swedish, born 1929)
Originally marketed by Nordiska Kompaniet
Re-introduced and marketed by Kinnasand AB
Kinna, Sweden
Collection commissioned by Yamagiwa Corp. for Livinia Store, Tokyo, Japan
Produced by Ljungbergs Textiltryck
Floda, Sweden

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Hans Krondahl (Designer)
Title: Spefaglar (Bird) (Furnishing Fabric)
Place: Sweden (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Designed 1959
Medium: Cotton, plain weave; screen printed
Inscriptions: Inscription (on selvage): Spefaglar Design Hans Krondahl Ljungbergs Textiltryck
Dimensions: 205.6 × 128.9 cm (81 × 50 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Astrid Sampe
Reference Number: 1986.404
Copyright: © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / BUS, Stockholm

Astrid Sampe, Stockholm, Sweden [incoming receipt RX16033, Apr. 17, 1986; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1986.

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