Gustavsberg Furniture
The Gustavsberg porcelain factory was, for many decades, the largest ceramics maker in Sweden and home to some of the most innovative and ingenious makers of the past century. The company, founded in 1825, mass-produced a wide range of products: first decorative household items and tableware in the English style and later bathroom fixtures, including the first pressed-steel bathtubs that would oust heavy cast iron. But of first interest to collectors are the remarkable decorative works created in the Gustavsberg art pottery studio, in particular those by master ceramists Wilhelm Kåge, Berndt Friberg and Stig Lindberg.
Gustavsberg began producing some individually crafted, highly decorated and richly glazed pieces in the 1860s. While the forms of their mass-produced vessels and plates derived from English, Continental and Asian styles, a select few painters won acclaim for their personal artistry. Gunnar Wennerberg became known for his work in the organic Art Nouveau style, and Josef Ekberg, the company’s design chief from 1908 to 1917, was revered for his expert use of iridescent lusterware glazes and the sgraffito technique, in which a decorative pattern is incised in the surface of a clay pot before it is glazed and fired.
It was not until Ekberg’s successor, Wilhelm Kåge, opened Gustavsberg’s first dedicated art pottery studio that the work became widely recognized. Kåge’s “Argenta” series, which encompasses a variety of vessels coated with an oxidized green glaze and decorated in silver motifs, remains popular. Though perhaps his most striking works are his “Surrea” vases — white bisque porcelain in off-kilter forms inspired by Cubist paintings — and his “Farsta” wares, which include totemic, spindly footed stoneware vases and bowls with textured surfaces, glazed in brown, green and blue.
Kåge’s finest protégés, Berndt Friberg and Stig Lindberg, took over from Kåge as Gustavsberg’s design directors in 1945. Friberg was a master potter. He threw elegant, simple, symmetrical vases and bowls painstakingly coated in layer after layer of matte glazing to achieve a classic striated effect known as “rabbit’s fur.” Lindberg’s highly collectible studio ceramics fall into two principal categories: The first is made of white porcelain pieces in round, biomorphic or stylized natural forms. The second includes weightier vases — many with textured bodies and applied decorations — glazed in deep, earthy colors. As you will see from the works on these pages, Gustavsberg was a bastion of creativity and precise artistry that turned out a remarkable range of works whose style still resonates with lovers of Scandinavian design.
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Period: Late 20th Century
Creator: Gustavsberg
Scandinavian modern stoneware pike by Sven Wejsfelt, Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1980s
By Sven Wejsfelt, Gustavsberg
Located in Eskilstuna, SE
Great stoneware sculpture designed by Sven Wejsfelt for Gustavsberg, Sweden, during the 1980s.
This pike belongs of the designers series 'Stim'.
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Brass
Lisa Larson - Unique Piece - Gustavsberg
By Gustavsberg
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description:
This is a unique piece designed by arguably Sweden's most famous artist Lisa Larson. The signature of Lisa Larson and the hand of the studio Gustavsberg are clea...
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
VTG Gustavsberg Sweden Art Pottery Kennel Spaniel Figurine Design Lisa Larson
By Gustavsberg
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A vintage pottery Cocker Spaniel figurine of the "Kennel" series, designed by Lisa Larson for Gustavsberg in the 1970s.
Manufacturer: Gustavsberg, Sweden
Design: Lisa Larson
Marks: ...
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1980s Scottish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Three Swedish Stoneware Bowls Sven Wejsfelt & Lasse Östman Gustavsberg
By Gustavsberg, Sven Wejsfelt
Located in Basel, BS
Stoneware bowls by Sven Wejsfelt & Lasse Östman for Gustavsberg in Sweden in the 1980s.
Left to right first photo:
• Lasse Östman acquamarine glossy bow...
Category
1980s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Midcentury Modern Unique Ceramic Bowl Sven Wejsfelt Gustavsberg, Sweden
By Gustavsberg, Sven Wejsfelt
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
This bowl was handmade and glazed in the G-studio factory at Gustavsberg by Sven Wejsfelt. At the K-studio designers was given the spirit to produce unique art for Gustavsberg.
The ...
Category
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Desert Brown Sahara Vase by Sven Wejsfelt for Gustavsberg, Sweden 1970s
By Sven Wejsfelt, Gustavsberg
Located in Grythyttan, SE
Sven Wejsfelt's vase boasts a robust, earthy form, adorned with a rich brown glaze and an intricate relief stamp. This chamotte creation hails from the 1970s and is a notable additio...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Midcentury Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1975
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Beautiful stoneware vase by Berndt Friberg, in a plump form. Striking hare’s fur glaze in blue and dark brown blending into each other in wide stripes across the body.
Berndt Friber...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Stig Lindberg Unique Huge bowl vase in black Glaze Tenmoku handmade Sweden 1977
By Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Forest, BE
Black glazed vase by Swedish master ceramicist Stig Lindberg. From light brown on the edges to dark black. It is the Japanese tenmoku glaze also used by the ancient Chinese. Elegant ...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Stig Lindberg Unique Vase in black Glaze Tenmoku Made by Hand Sweden 1970
By Gustavsberg, Stig Lindberg
Located in Forest, BE
Black glazed vase by Swedish master ceramicist Stig Lindberg. From light brown on the edges to dark black. It is the Japanese tenmoku glaze also used by the ancient Chinese. Elegant ...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Stig Lindberg Unique huge bowl vase in black Glaze Tenmoku handmade Sweden 1977
By Gustavsberg, Stig Lindberg
Located in Forest, BE
Black glazed vase by Swedish master ceramicist Stig Lindberg. From light brown on the edges to dark black. It is the Japanese tenmoku glaze also used by the ancient Chinese. Elegant ...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Stig Lindberg Unique Tray in black Glaze Tenmoku Made by Hand Sweden 1973
By Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Forest, BE
Black glazed vase by Swedish master ceramicist Stig Lindberg. From light brown on the edges to dark black. It is the Japanese tenmoku glaze also used by the ancient Chinese. Elegant ...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Stig Lindberg Unique Vase in black Glaze Tenmoku Made by Hand Sweden 1970
By Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Forest, BE
Black glazed vase by Swedish master ceramicist Stig Lindberg. From light brown on the edges to dark black. It is the Japanese tenmoku glaze also used by the ancient Chinese. Elegant ...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Stig Lindberg Unique Vase in black Glaze Tenmoku Made by Hand Sweden 1978
By Gustavsberg, Stig Lindberg
Located in Forest, BE
Black glazed vase by Swedish master ceramicist Stig Lindberg. From light brown on the edges to dark black. It is the Japanese tenmoku glaze also used by the ancient Chinese. Elegant ...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-century modern miniature vase "Castrol" by Swen Wejsfeldt, Gustavsberg
By Gustavsberg
Located in Skarpnäck, SE
A very rare handmade vintage miniature pottery vase known as "Castrol" made and signed by Swen Wejsfeldt for Gustavsberg, Sweden. This is an ...
Category
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1977
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful stoneware vase with amazing hare’s fur glaze.
Made by master thrower Berndt Friberg, in the artist's studio at Gustavsberg, Sweden.
Excellent condition. Incised signa...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1977
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful stoneware vase with amazing hare’s fur glaze.
Made by master thrower Berndt Friberg, in the artist's studio at Gustavsberg, Sweden.
Excellent condition. Incised signa...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Stig Lindberg, Tile 'Pratbubblor', Gustavsberg
By Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description:
Stig Lindberg is, along with Lisa Larson, the most famous ceramist from Sweden. His works always excel in the use of colors and form. Never absent in his work i...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1975
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful stoneware vase with amazing hare’s fur glaze.
Made by master thrower Berndt Friberg, in the artist's studio at Gustavsberg, Sweden.
Excellent condition. Incised signa...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Collection of Seven Post-Modern "Kombi" Vases, Margareta Hennix for Gustavsberg
By Margareta Hennix, Gustavsberg
Located in Bochum, NRW
Collection of Seven Post-Modern "Kombi" Vases, Margareta Hennix for Gustavsberg.
Six vases in white glazed stoneware and one in black satin glaze, made by the Swedish artist Margare...
Category
1980s Swedish Post-Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Lisa Larson - UNIK / Solros - Gustavsberg
By Gustavsberg
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description:
The unik series designed by Lisa Larson in the Gustavsberg factory is composed of 9 kinds of tiles with different motif-designs. Besides different motifs there ...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Lisa Larson - Appeletrad 'Tile', Gustavsberg
By Gustavsberg
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description:
This tile of an apple tree by Lisa Larson is very rare. There exists a more common version of this tile which has a man and woman sitting in front of the tree, ...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Stig Lindberg, Coq, Gustavsberg
By Gustavsberg, Stig Lindberg
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description:
The coq-series by Stig Lindberg is very appealing to the eye. The light-brown color will make it look good on almost any table. Interesting is that the black de...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Midcentury Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1974
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Lovely, small stoneware vase by Berndt Friberg, in the form of a slim egg. Delicately made, with yellow hare’s fur glaze.
Berndt Friberg was a Swedish ceramicist, renowned for his...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Lisa Larson - Trapp 'from Tripp Trapp Trull' - Gustavsberg
By Gustavsberg
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description:
Another cat animal from Lisa Larson is on offer here. This time we offer and item from the The Tripp Trapp Trull - series, consisting...
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Stig Lindberg, Coq, Gustavsberg
By Gustavsberg, Stig Lindberg
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description:
The coq-series by Stig Lindberg is very appealing to the eye. The light-brown color will make it look good on almost any table. Interesting is that the black de...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Midcentury Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1970s
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Lovely miniature stoneware vase by Berndt Friberg, in a plump form with a tiny neck. Cream and ochre hare’s fur glaze in a varying pattern over the body.
Berndt Friberg was a Swedis...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Berndt Friberg, Unique Piece, Bowl, Gustavsberg
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description:
Berndt Friberg was one of the most influential ceramists in mid-century Sweden, his works are still popular world-wide and are known for their elegance and bea...
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Small Blue and Red Stoneware Bowl by Sven Wejsfelt, Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1986
By Sven Wejsfelt, Gustavsberg
Located in Krefeld, DE
Wonderful bowl by Sven Wejsfelt Gustavsberg Sweden. Beautiful glaze in purple and blue, manufactured in 1986. The bowl has a wonderful color with coloring it sees to change from some...
Category
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1975
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Stoneware vase by Berndt Friberg in plump form with deep and lustrous oxblood glaze, contrasted with blueish-green speckles.
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Vinyl Rack Design Sven-Eric Juhlin for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1970s
By Gustavsberg
Located in Praha, CZ
- Very practical
- For vinyls, books or magazines
- Marked
- Rare type
- Rack, stand
- Space Age style.
Category
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Lisa Larson Phoenix 'Fenix' Series, Trio of Fingal, Gottfrid and Tekla
By Gustavsberg
Located in Frome, GB
This trio of sweetly adorable and hand-decorated bird sculptures is by leading Swedish ceramicist and designer Lisa Larson (b. 1931 - ) designed in the early 1990s. Originally designed for Larson's exhibition, the production of the figures were by Larsons pottery...
Category
1990s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Four Post-Modern "Kombi" Vases by the Artist Margareta Hennix for Gustavsberg
By Gustavsberg, Margareta Hennix
Located in Stockholm, SE
Four Post-Modern "Kombi" vases in white glazed stoneware made by the Swedish artist Margareta Hennix for Gustavsberg. Made in the 80´s and are in great condition.
Measures: Small v...
Category
1980s Swedish Post-Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Post Modern Flash Vases by Margareta Hennix for Gustavsberg, Sweden
By Gustavsberg, Margareta Hennix
Located in Stockholm, SE
Post Modern flash vases by Margaretha Hennix for Gustavsberg, Sweden, shaped as trees.
Margareta Hennix is a Swedish ceramicist, glass artist and designer. During her long career as...
Category
1980s Swedish Post-Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Stoneware
Sven Wejsfelt, Unique Swedish Modern Stoneware Vase, Gustavsberg, 1989
By Gustavsberg
Located in Berlin, DE
Unique stoneware vase with blue or brown haresfur glaze by Swedish artist Sven Wejsfelt (1930-2009).
Gustavsberg Studio hand incised G Sven, unik, 1989.
Perfect condition.
S.W. wo...
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1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Scandinavian Modern Set of 3 Vases Konvex by Karin Björquist Gustavsberg, Sweden
By Gustavsberg, Karin Björquist
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Three wonderful vases, manufactured by Gustavsberg Sweden in the 1960s, designed by the very talented Karin Björquist. The vases have a beautiful form ...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Margaretta Hennix Studio Bowl Gustavsberg 1982, Scandinavian Modern
By Gustavsberg, Margareta Hennix
Located in New York, NY
A large studio bowl designed by Margareta Hennix with dark brown-black and cream white glazes. Four notches detail the rim of the bowl and a low foot elevates the bowl. Signed on the...
Category
Late 20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Clay
1970s Lisa Larson Gustavsberg Sweden Zoo Figure Camel Scandinavian Pottery
By Gustavsberg
Located in Brescia, IT
Stoneware animals
Perfect condition.
Camel: H 18 x 19 cm.
Category
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Berndt Friberg, Vase, Black / Brown-Glazed Stoneware, Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1976
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in High Point, NC
A black and brown-glazed stoneware vase designed by Berndt Friberg and produced by Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1976.
Category
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Bengt Berglund for Gustavsberg Pair of Scandinavian Modern Ceramic Vessels 1970s
By Bengt Berglund, Gustavsberg
Located in Miami, FL
A pair of Bengt Berglund's Tobacco porcelain pitchers from the 1970s for Gustavsberg, Swedish Ceramics Company. It seems that the pitchers were made only in the two colors shown here...
Category
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Ceramic
Midcentury Ceramic Bottle Stig Lindberg Gustavsberg, 1970s
By Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Wonderful unique bottle made in Sweden early 1970s by the master Stig Lindberg for K-studio Gustavsberg. The bottle is unusually large 27.5 cm and has a...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Vase in Stoneware Designed by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsbergs Studio, Sweden
By Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Goteborg, SE
Vase in stoneware designed by Stig Lindberg at Gustavsbergs Studio, Sweden. This piece was made in 1970.
The darker glaze is typical for Lindberg work in the late sixties and the be...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Gustavsberg furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Gustavsberg furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of ceramic and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Gustavsberg furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Gustavsberg were created in the Scandinavian Modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Upsala Ekeby, Carl-Harry Stålhane, and Stig Lindberg. Prices for Gustavsberg furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $95 and can go as high as $20,792, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,502.