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Raff
c. 1950
Viola Gråsten
Viola Gråsten (Swedish, born Finland, 1910–1994)
Textiles
Raff, c. 1950. Viola Gråsten (Swedish, born Finland, 1910–1994), Nordiska Kompaniet (Swedish, est. 1902). Plain weave linen, loom width, printed; overall: 97.2 x 130.8 cm (38 1/4 x 51 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund 1954.200 Viola Gråsten’s textile patterns often use stark abstraction and geometry, a design feature of traditional native Finnish rugs. Her textile design Raff won her a gold medal at the important 1951 Triennale in Milan. Throughout the mid-20th century Gråsten continued to design abstract patterns that were especially popular among young consumers for their modernist flair. Gråsten’s grid-patterned textiles were especially popular with young urban women in the 1950s.
- Maker/Artist
- Viola Gråsten
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- Plain weave linen, loom width, printed
- Dimensions
- Overall: 97.2 x 130.8 cm (38 1/4 x 51 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1954.200
- Credit Line
- The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund
- Exhibitions
- Good Design, Color and Comfort: Swedish Modern Design
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted
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