Grete Prytz Kittelsen (1917-2010) is regarded as "the queen of Scandinavian design." Her sphere of influence in the history of decorative art and design stretches from the Scandinavian Design period, 1945-65, to today. This book is the first comprehensive presentation of her work. An artist with an exceptionally broad scope, she designed jewelry and one-of-a-kind silver articles for her family's long-established Oslo firm, J. Tostrup, as well as beautiful utilitarian items in enameled steel and cast iron that found their way into thousands of homes worldwide--in Scandinavia, the United...
Grete Prytz Kittelsen (1917-2010) is regarded as "the queen of Scandinavian design." Her sphere of influence in the history of decorative art and desi...