Swedish Wooden Toys

Buch | Softcover

432 Seiten

2014
Yale University Press (Verlag)
978-0-300-20075-1 (ISBN)

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Combining the best of Scandinavian design with a plentiful indigenous supply of trees, the Swedish toy industry has long produced vast quantities of colourful, quality wooden items. This illustrated book looks at over 100 years of Swedish toys, from historic heirlooms to the latest in design and educational value.

The Swedish toy industry has long produced vast quantities of colorful, quality wooden items that reflect Scandinavian design and craft traditions. This superbly illustrated book, including specially commissioned photography, looks at over 200 years of Swedish toys, from historic dollhouses to the latest designs for children. Featuring rattles, full-size rocking horses, dollhouses, and building blocks to skis, sleds, and tabletop games with intricate moving parts, Swedish Wooden Toys also addresses images of Swedish childhood, the role of the beloved red Dala horse in the creation of national identity, the vibrant tradition of educational toys, and the challenges of maintaining craft manufacturing in an era of global mass-production.

Published in association with the Bard Graduate Center

Exhibition Schedule:

Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs

(06/18/14–01/11/15)

Bard Graduate Center

March 2015

Stockholm

Summer 2015

Amy F. Ogata is professor of 19th- and 20th-century architectural and design history, Bard Graduate Center, New York. Susan Weber is founder and director of the Bard Graduate Center, New York, and Iris Horowitz Professor in the History of the Decorative Arts.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.7.2014
Zusatzinfo	360 color + 50 b-w illus.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	203 x 254 mm
Gewicht	1633 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Antiquitäten
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
	Technik
ISBN-10	0-300-20075-7 / 0300200757
ISBN-13	978-0-300-20075-1 / 9780300200751
Zustand	Neuware