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Gustavsberg Wall Decorations

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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Lisa Larson tile - UNIK / Solros - Gustavsberg - Late 20th Century
Lisa Larson tile - UNIK / Solros - Gustavsberg - Late 20th Century

Lisa Larson tile - UNIK / Solros - Gustavsberg - Late 20th Century

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 ...

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Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Gustavsberg Wall Decorations

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Earthenware, Ceramic, Pottery

Scandinavian Modern Wall Plaque, Heinz Erret, Gustavsberg -1970's
Scandinavian Modern Wall Plaque, Heinz Erret, Gustavsberg -1970's

Scandinavian Modern Wall Plaque, Heinz Erret, Gustavsberg -1970's

By Gustavsberg, Heinz Erret

Located in Örebro, SE

Scandinavian Modern earthenware wall plaque, Heinz Erret for Gustavsberg, 1970's. Silver inlays, dark blue glaze with decoration from Småland's landscape flower. Signed with makers m...

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1970s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Wall Decorations

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Earthenware

Large Stoneware Wall Relief by Bertil Vallien for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1960s
Large Stoneware Wall Relief by Bertil Vallien for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1960s

Large Stoneware Wall Relief by Bertil Vallien for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1960s

By Gustavsberg, Bertil Vallien

Located in MAASTRICHT, LI

Large and richly modelled stoneware wall relief (väggrelief) by Bertil Vallien, produced by Gustavsberg, Sweden, in the 1960s. Executed in high-fired stoneware with a sculptural frui...

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1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Wall Decorations

Materials

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Midcentury Stoneware Wall Piece by Tyra Lundgren, Gustavsberg, 1940s
Midcentury Stoneware Wall Piece by Tyra Lundgren, Gustavsberg, 1940s

Midcentury Stoneware Wall Piece by Tyra Lundgren, Gustavsberg, 1940s

By Tyra Lundgren Carolina, Gustavsberg

Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län

Striking stoneware wall relief by Tyra Lundgren, with a colorful, abstract motif of three dancing women. Beautiful colors and and thick glazes on tactile chamotte. Mounted on a wood...

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1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Wall Decorations

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Stoneware

Large Stoneware Relief Tile by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1960s
Large Stoneware Relief Tile by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1960s

Large Stoneware Relief Tile by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1960s

By Gustavsberg, Stig Lindberg

Located in MAASTRICHT, LI

Product information: Large stoneware relief tile by Stig Lindberg, produced by Gustavsberg, Sweden, in the 1960s. Lindberg created a series of highly expressive and narrative ceramic...

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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Wall Decorations

Materials

Enamel

Stig Lindberg, Tile 'Pratbubblor', Gustavsberg
Stig Lindberg, Tile 'Pratbubblor', Gustavsberg

Stig Lindberg, Tile 'Pratbubblor', Gustavsberg

By Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg

Located in MAASTRICHT, LI

Product Description: This ceramic plate shines with Lindberg's imagination representative of the fantastic style used in all his tiles. On this tile the bust of a person can be seen...

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1960s Swedish Vintage Gustavsberg Wall Decorations

Materials

Earthenware

Large Stoneware Relief Tile by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1960s
Large Stoneware Relief Tile by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1960s

Large Stoneware Relief Tile by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1960s

By Gustavsberg, Stig Lindberg

Located in MAASTRICHT, LI

Product information: Large stoneware relief tile by Stig Lindberg, produced by Gustavsberg, Sweden, in the 1960s. Lindberg created a series of highly expressive and narrative ceramic...

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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Wall Decorations

Materials

Enamel

Lisa Larson - Appeletrad 'Tile', Gustavsberg - 1970 - 1980s
Lisa Larson - Appeletrad 'Tile', Gustavsberg - 1970 - 1980s

Lisa Larson - Appeletrad 'Tile', Gustavsberg - 1970 - 1980s

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, ...

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Late 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Gustavsberg Wall Decorations

Materials

Earthenware, Ceramic

1963 Bengt Berglund Porcelain Enamel Abstract Wall Hanging
1963 Bengt Berglund Porcelain Enamel Abstract Wall Hanging

1963 Bengt Berglund Porcelain Enamel Abstract Wall Hanging

By Bengt Berglund, Gustavsberg

Located in New Windsor, NY

Bengt Berglund for Gustavsberg, Sweden enamel wall hanging. Signed and dated on reverse, Gustavsberg 63 and front lower left corner. Green backgrou...

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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gustavsberg Wall Decorations

Materials

Metal, Enamel, Steel

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Gustavsberg wall decorations for sale on 1stDibs.

Gustavsberg wall decorations 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 wall decorations, although green editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original wall decorations by Gustavsberg were created in the Scandinavian Modern style in sweden during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider wall decorations by Lars Erik Falk, Rörstrand, and Bengt Lindström. Prices for Gustavsberg wall decorations can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $400 and can go as high as $2,500, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $834.