Kirsti Ilvessalo - Important Nordic Design London Wednesday, September 26, 2012 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Tuomas Sopanen and Leena Willberg, The Ryijy-rug lives on: Finnish Ryijy-Rugy 1778–2008, Kuopio, 2008, pp. 306–07

  • Catalogue Essay

    This design won the Grand Prix at the Milan Triennale, 1954. The Victoria and Albert Museum purchased this model rug for their permanent collection, 1955.

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‘Palokärki’ (Black Woodpecker) rug

circa 1954
Wool.
189.5 x 130.3 cm (74 5/8 x 51 1/4 in)
Produced by Suomen Käsityön Ystävät, Finland (The Friends of Finnish Handicrafts). ‘“PALOKÄRKI”/KIRSTI ILVESSALO/SUOMEN KÄSITYÖN YSTÄVÄT/HELSINKI FINLAND’.

Estimate
£4,000 - 6,000 

Sold for £5,000

Important Nordic Design

27 September 2012
London