Swedish Wooden Toys

" The Swedish toy industry has long produced vast quantities of colorful, quality wooden items that reflect Scandinavian design and craft traditions. This superbly illustrated book, including specially commissioned photography, looks at over 200 yearsof Swedish toys, from historic dollhouses to the latest designs for children. Featuring rattles, full-size rocking horses, dollhouses, and building blocks to skis, sleds, and tabletop games with intricate moving parts, Swedish Wooden Toys also addressesimages of Swedish childhood, the role of the beloved red Dala horse in the creation of national identity, the vibrant tradition of educational toys, and the challenges of maintaining craft manufacturing in an era of global mass-production. "--

Product details

• Authors: Amy F Ogata, Amy F. Ogata, Amy F. Weber Ogata
• Assisted by: Amy F. Ogata (Editor), Susan Weber (Editor)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.07.2014
• EAN: 9780300200751
• ISBN: 978-0-300-20075-1
• No. of pages: 432
• Series: Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design & Culture; Bard Graduate Center for Studi; Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts(YUP); Bard Graduate Center for Studi
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Collecting, collectors' catalogues; Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design