Gustavsberg Porcelain Factory Värmdö, Sweden Jar with Cover 1899 Glazed porcelain Designed by Josef Ekberg 1877-1945 22-3/4 inches high, 13 inches in diameter Gift of the Decorative Arts Council and Daniel Morris and Denis Gallion, Historical Design Collection, New York 94.35a,b

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Resources in Print

Nyström, Bengt. Rörstrand Porcelain: Art Nouveau Masterpieces. New York: Abbeville Press, 1996.

Rheims, Maurice. The Flowering of Art Nouveau, trans. Patrick Evans. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1966; originally published in French, 1900.

Wichmann, Siegrid. Jugendstil Art Nouveau: Floral and Functional Forms, trans. Michael Heron. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1984; originally published in German, 1984.

 

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