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Swedish Folk Art; All Tradition is Change by Barbro Klein 1994

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Swedish Folk Art; All Tradition is Change by Barbro Klein 1994 


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Published by Harry N Abrams Inc, Boston 1994
ISBN 10: 0810938499 / ISBN 13: 9780810938496
272 pages -- Approx. 10.5 by 10.25

Includes 269 illustrations with 150 color plates and 4 maps. A tight very good book in a close to near fine dust jacket that has some slight wear.

Among the legacies of Sweden's diverse populace are expressive crafts and a rich folk-art tradition embodied in polychrome, carved wooden toys, furniture, and uniquely designed housewares. A wealth of these folk objects are featured in a handsome book commemorating an exhibition now traveling across the U.S. and Canada, with ethnographers, curators, and other scholars contributing essays on Swedish culture in all its diversity. Hundreds of artifacts are shown, many photographed in their natural surroundings. The vast distances that often separate the Swedish people and their traditions are exemplified by a leather-shrouded antler knife created by an artisan in the Saami lands of the Arctic Circle; while outside Stockholm, an urban garden boasts a hut that stands as a contemporary version of an ancient custom. ~ Alice Joyce

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