Swedish Wooden Toys (Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts) by Weber, Susan; Ogata, Amy F - 2014

Yale University Press, 2014-08-26. paperback. Used: Good.

Yale University Press , August 2014. Flexi-Bound. Used - Very Good.

Yale University Press, 2014. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Factory sealed. Superbly illustrated. Looks at over 200 years of 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. 432p.

New York / New Haven: The Bard Graduate Center / Yale University Press, 2014. Hardcover. As New with no dust jacket. 432 pages. chapters by Maria Cristina Biagi, Rune Bondjers, Hedvig Hedqvist, Birgita Lindencrona, Helena Lundin, Emma Marconcini, Solveig Nordh, Amy F. Ogata, Peter Pluntky, Bengt Sandin, Nina Stritzler-Levine, Susan Weber. ; 8 1/4 x 10

Yale University Press, 2014-08-26. paperback. Used:Good.

Connecticut 2014. 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 years of 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 addresses images 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., English, Year2014, Illust. B/W118, Illust. Color488 , ISBN 9780300200751, Code 7094. Softbound, In Pristine Condition, Index. Bios. Bibl. Cat. of exh. Pages 432, Size 10”x 8 1/2”

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 years of Swedish toys, from historic dollhouses to the latest designs for children. Published in conjunction with an exhibition, held at the Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, with the title: Les jouets en bois suédois, June 19, 2014-January 11, 2014, and at the Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, September 18, 2015-January 17, 2016. 432 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits ; 26 cm. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

New Haven / London Yale University Press 2014. Softcover, 432 pages, ENG. edition, 255 x 210 x 40 mm, illustr. throughout in col., new. ISBN 9780300200751. 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 years of 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 addresses images 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.

Yale Univ Pr, 2014. Paperback. New. 352 pages. 10.25x8.25x1.75 inches.

Paperback. New.