Swedish Wooden Toys

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Edited by Amy F. Ogata and Susan Weber

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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. 


EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs

(06/18/14–01/11/15)


Bard Graduate Center

March 2015


Stockholm

Summer 2015

“[A] superbly illustrated book”—Journal of Arts and Collectibles

Co-winner for first place for 2014 Awards of Excellence for Catalogue Publication, sponsored by the Association of Art Museum Curators.
ISBN: 9780300200751
Publication Date: August 26, 2014
Publishing Partner: Published in association with the Bard Graduate Center
432 pages, 8 x 10
360 color + 50 b/w illus.
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