Swedish wooden toys / Amy F. Ogata, Susan Weber, editors ; Maria Cristina Biagi, Rune Bondjers, Hedvig Hedqvist, Birgitta Lindencrona, Helena Lundin, Emma Marconcini, Solveig Nordh, Amy F. Ogata, Peter Pluntky, Bengt Sandin, Nina Stritzler-Levine, Susan Weber.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ogata, Amy Fumiko, 1965- editor.

Weber, Susan Topp, editor.

Musée des arts décoratifs (France)

Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wooden toys--Sweden--Exhibitions.

Wooden toys.

Sweden.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

432 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : The Bard Graduate Center : Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture ; New Haven : Yale University Press, 2014.

Summary:

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Swedish Childhoods from the Era of Great Power to the Welfare State / Bengt Sandin

Depicting Swedish Children and Toys / Helena Lundin

Wooden Toy Manufacturing in Sweden / Peter Pluntky

BRIO : The Brothers Ivarsson in Osby / Solveig Nordh

The Wooden Horse that Became a National Symbol / Rune Bondjers

Dollhouses and Miniatures in Sweden / Birgitta Lindencrona

Playing and Learning : Wooden Educational Toys in Sweden / Amy F. Ogata

Sleds, Skis, and Ice Skates : Winter Sports Equipment for Children in Sweden, 1850-1960 / Susan Weber

Selling Toys, Selling Ideas : Retailers, Producers, and Politics / Hedvig Hedqvist

Designing Wooden Toys in the Age of the Technological Imagination / Nina Stritzler-Levine

Children and Toys in Swedish Photographs / Maria Cristina Biagi and Emma Marconcini.

Notes:

Issued in connection with the exhibition Swedish wooden toys, held June 19, 2014-Jan. 11, 2015, Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris, with the title Les jouets en bois suédois; Sept. 18, 2015-Jan. 17, 2016, Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, New York.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 416-421) and index.

ISBN:

9780300200751

0300200757

OCLC:

862098439