Dramatic Irma Kronlund Swedish Kilimrug no. 10662

Description

This dramatic vintage rollaken kilm rug was woven in Kronoborgs Lans Hemslojd-Kristianstad by Irma Kronlund in 1955 Irma Kronlund (b. Sweden 1919-2008) Irma Kronlund grew up in western Kronoberg and had completed her designer education at the Technical School and the Higher Art Industrial School in Stockholm.From the mid-1950s, Kronlund designed for the Kronoberg läns hemslöjd, (County Crafts Association) headquartered in the city of Växjö, in Kronoberg county, in south-central Sweden. She remained as a textile artist at Hemslöjden in Kronoberg all her professional life until retirement in December 1984.