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Robert Bloch / French Art Deco “Ribbon” bowl c. 1939 (Exhibited: Exposition de New York 1939)
ROBERT BLOCH France
BOURDOIS & BLOCH Paris, France
“Ribbon” bowl c. 1939
Porcelain with gilt and matte black polychrome decoration
Marks: crossed swords (company logo) MADE IN FRANCE
Paper label: Exposition de New York 1939 Robert Bloch Porcelaine de Paris
H: 2 3/4” x D: 9 3/4”
Robert Bloch / French Art Deco “Ribbon” bowl c. 1939 (Exhibited: Exposition de New York 1939)
CARL F. CARLMAN (1855-1955) Sweden
Set of four covered silver boxes c. 1930
Hand wrought and hand hammered silver with a wood lined interior, square shaped finial
Marks: Triple Star with S (Swedish silver mark), G8, JJS (in a rectangle), oval cartouche, CARLMAN
H: 1″ x W: 2 1/2″ x D: 2 1/2″ (each box)
Carl F. Carlman was a silversmith to the Swedish Royal Family.
INGEGERD TORHAMN (1898-1994) Sweden
Modernist rug c. 1930
Hand-knotted wool
Signed: it (Ingegerd Torhamn) lower left
Exhibited: Stockholm Exhibition 1930, Stockholmsutställningen 1930, Villa 42; V.I.P. in Swedish Design, Kalmar Konstmuseum 1996.
Illustrated: Katalog Över Bostadsavdelningen: Stockholms Utställningen 1930 (illustrated in situ) Stockholm Exhibition1930 (Stockholm: Tryckt Hos Bröderna Lagerström, Boktryckare, 1930) p. 149
Drawing illustrated: V.I.P. in Swedish Design: Axel Larsso, Ingegerd Torhamn, Inga Linden & Paula Sokolow, Arkiv for Svensk Formgivning, Kalmar Konstmuseum
For more information see: Svenska Textilier 1930, Stockholm 1930, Nils G. Wollin, plate nr. 50
Dimensions: 7’2” square
One of the ten rugs of her designs (including this rug as part of the music room) exhibited at the important Stockholm Exhibition of 1930 is now in the permanent collection of the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.