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‎RORSTRAND, Art Nouveau Porcelain from Sweden. Rorstrand‎

‎, arnoldsche, 2011 224 pages, 24.5 x 31 cm, 200 colour illustrations. 30 black and white illustrations, 60 two-tone illustrations. Hardcover with dust jacket. Text in English and German. 148 objects from the Collection Hans Schmidts. ISBN 9783897903418.‎

‎The appearance of the Rorstrand porcelain factory from Stockholm at the 1900 world exhibition in Paris was brilliant: the world had never seen such expert handling of porcelain mass ? some in the form of waferthin petals ? and an underglaze colour palette with such subtle nuances. The critics were full of praise and the economic success was soon to follow. The foundation for this laid in the cooperation between Rorstrand and the painter Alf Wallander, who had worked for the manufacturer from 1894/1895. By 1896 Rorstrand had his first big success with the porcelain designed by Wallander at exhibitions in Stockholm, Malmo and Gothenburg. Its artistic rise finally began in 1897 with the Art and Industry Exposition in Stockholm and found its crowning moment in Paris, the International Exhibition of Modern Art in Turin in 1902 and the World Exhibition in St. Louis in 1904. Rorstrand could now compete on an international level alongside the two significant Danish manufacturers Royal Copenhagen and Bing ‎

‎Rorstrand Porcelain: Art Nouveau Masterpieces.‎

‎New York Abbeville Press 1996 1 vol. relié in-4, cartonnage sous jaquette illustrée, 190 pp., nombreuses photos en couleurs, bibliographie. Pièces de la collection Robert Schreiber. Texte en anglais. Excellent état.‎