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Furnishing fabric Fruktlåda (Fruit crate)
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    Furnishing fabric Fruktlåda (Fruit crate)

    TitleFurnishing fabric Fruktlåda (Fruit crate)
  • Technique/ MaterialCotton, printed
  • Dimensions(l x b) 340 x 130 cm
    (l x b) 340 x 130 cm
  • DatingDesigned 1947
  • Artist/Maker Designer: Stig Lindberg, Swedish, born 1916-08-17, dead 1982-04-07
    Manufacturer: Ljungbergs Textiltryck AB, Floda, Sweden
    Ordered by: Nordiska Kompaniets textilateljé, Stockholm, Sweden
  • CategoryApplied art and design, Textiles
  • Geographical originFloda, Sweden
  • Inventory No.NMK 89/1993
  • AcquisitionInventory
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    In the US, textiles frequently featured in exhibitions and writing about Scandinavian design. The high cost of packaging and transport hampered exports. In the 1940s NK tried to cut costs with flat-pack furniture. Textiles were easier to send and could be manufactured under licence. NK gave exclusive distribution rights in the US to Knoll Associates Inc., who sold many of the textiles displayed in traveling exhibition "Design in Scandinavia", 1954-1957, for example Stig Lindberg’s Fruktlåda.