"Within the pages of this illustrated book are the most important examples of Swedish decorative and applied arts as seen through the collections of the Nationalmuseum Stockholm." "The seven chapters trace the development of Swedish decorative and applied art from the Vasa 'Renaissance' period at the end of the 17th century, through Rococo and Gustavian Classicism of the 18th century, the Romanticism of the 19th Century up to the age of Scandinavian Design in the late 1950s and early 1960s." "Arranged chronologically, A Swedish Legacy covers all aspects of the decorative and applied arts, including pottery, porcelain and glass, furniture and clocks, silver and silver plate, tapestries, fabrics and textiles and plastics." "Art historians, scholars and students of decorative and applied art and design, scholars and students of industrial and 20th-century design and interior designers will find this book valuable."--BOOK JACKET.
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