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Swedish Wooden Toys

Susan Weber editor Amy F Ogata editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Yale University Press

Published:18th Jul '14

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Swedish Wooden Toys cover

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

“[A] superbly illustrated book”—Journal of Arts and Collectibles * 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. -- Exhibition Catalogue Award * Association of Art Museum Curators *

ISBN: 9780300200751

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1633g

432 pages