Swedish Grace
スウェディッシュ・グレース / 1917–1930 / Style / Scandinavian Design
Between the wars, Sweden laid light ornament and craftsmanship over neoclassical poise. Hald's glass and Asplund's buildings showed a graceful modernity that gave Scandinavian modern its running start.
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At a glance
Visual cues
- Neoclassical bones
- Light engraved ornament
- Delicacy in glass and porcelain
- Balance of plainness and grace
Best used for
- Public buildings and tableware given neoclassical bones and a light grace
- Small runs where craftsmanship must show inside a plain form
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Dictionary entry
- Type
- Thin roman capitals, generously letterspaced, for inscriptions and titles
- Composition
- Set columns and openings by classical proportion, ornament only at the edges
- Material
- Thin glass and porcelain with engraved line, finished pale
- Caution
- Too much ornament falls back into heavy neoclassicism, the balance of plainness and grace collapses, and the object looks merely period.
- Further study
- Edward Hald / Gunnar Asplund / the turn to functionalism at Stockholm 1930
Related entries
- Scandinavian Modern (スカンジナビアン・モダン)Same Scandinavian Design lineage.Compare Swedish Grace and Scandinavian Modern
- Art Deco (アール・デコ)Shared effects: Luxury.Compare Swedish Grace and Art Deco
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