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Edna Martin (b. Sweden, 1908-2003)

Ingrid Dessau (1923-2000)
Swedish textile designer, Ingrid Dessau was born in the Skåne region of southern Sweden. Dessau studied at the technical school in Stockholm and in 1953, had her debut exhibition. From her exhibition, she gained worked as a designer for Kasthall’s carpet factory, later moving to work at Kinnasand’s. The focus for her work was primarily rugs and textiles. She achieved commissions from banks, embassies and museums.

Judith Johansson was a textile artist in Swedish during the mid-20th century. Her style, typical of Swedish fold designs, featured a variety of colors and patters inspired by nature and geometry. The popularity of her designs led to her opening a weaving studio in 1938 wit her husband in Knäred, Sweden and in 1945 she was working for Nordiska Kompaniet department stores designing their carpets. By the 1950s, Johansson’s carpets and textiles could be seen in churches and embassies. Her work was immensely popular and earned her many awards.

Agda Österberg (1891 – 1987)
Stockholm-based textile designer. Joined textile studio Libaria in 1924 where she served as Director and Artistic Director for ten years. In 1933 she started Three Streams in Varnhem where she created many church textiles and carpets for public areas. Her compositions are purely abstract or stylized plant motifs of the often strong color tones.

Elsa Gullberg (1886-1984)
Swedish textile artist Elsa Gullberg had an early beginning with weaving textiles. She studied art and design in Stockholm in the early 1900s and soon after started designed fabrics for other artisans and mass production. She started her own design studio Elsa Gullberg Textilier in 1927 which specialized in carpet and wall hanging design. 1955, Elsa stepped down and her daughter Elsa-Maria took charge of the studio. Today she is known as one of the first textile designers to look at the industrial limitations for textile fabrication.