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Creator: Carl Elmberg
"Hunter in Paradise", Art Deco Humidor in Cast Iron by Elmberg, Sweden
"Hunter in Paradise", Art Deco Humidor in Cast Iron by Elmberg, Sweden

"Hunter in Paradise", Art Deco Humidor in Cast Iron by Elmberg, Sweden

$2,000Sale Price|20% Off

"Hunter in Paradise", Art Deco Humidor in Cast Iron by Elmberg, Sweden

By Carl Elmberg

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Although Sweden is known for its furniture and artisanry in a stylized Art Deco manner, often characterized as Swedish Grace, it is not so well known that Swedish artists led the way in creating fine pieces from humble materials such as cast iron or pewter. This humidor with high-relief sculpture in cast iron by Carl Elmberg is a fine example. The figure of a nude male archer chasing a deer, accompanied by a female nude figure in a wooded, idyllic setting, exhibits a beautiful texture and deep color thanks to the material Elmberg chose. The piece was cast by the famed Näfveqvarns Bruk foundry, which in the 1910s collaborated with the Swedish Society of Craft and Industrial Design to sponsor a competition which encouraged new and modern designs by artists such as Anna Petrus, Erik Grate...

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1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Carl Elmberg Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Iron

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