Wave Vase

Björn Trägårdh, Firma Svenskt Tenn

Vase "Wave", for Firma Svenskt Tenn, 2004. Polished pewter and brass, stamped with the angel mark and F11.. The designer Björn Trägårdh (1908-1998) was an artist, furniture architect, draftsman and graphic artist. He was active as a designer at Firma Svenskt Tenn during 1928-1936, where he designed furniture, pewter objects and other craft products. Trägårdh joined Svenskt Tenn at age 20 and was influenced by functionalist design principles. He worked in a sober color palette with black, white and grey as color elements. He was also an exhibition arranger together with Estrid Ericson for several notable exhibitions. After Josef Frank began working at Firma Svenskt Tenn, Trägårdh moved to Paris in 1939 where he worked as a visual artist. During and after the war he returned to crafts and fashion industry, manufacturing buttons and brooches for fashion houses including Dior, Bruyère, Schiaparelli and others. Represented at: Nationalmuseum Stockholm, Gothenburg Museum of Art, Institut Tessin in Paris and art museums in Tours and Pau in France