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Pihlgren ja Ritola Kiurujen yö wallpaper, kobolt blue
Pihlgren ja Ritola Kiurujen yö wallpaper, kobolt blue
Pihlgren ja Ritola Kiurujen yö wallpaper, kobolt blue
Pihlgren ja Ritola Kiurujen yö wallpaper, kobolt blue

Description

The charm of Pihlgren & Ritola’s wallpapers lies in their beautiful patterns but also in the traditional manufacturing method. The wallpapers printed with the old rotary printing press feature slight variation in hue and pattern, which provides an attractive handmade quality. Each roll of Pihlgren & Ritola’s wallpaper is, therefore, a unique individual, keen to adorn your walls.

Pihlgren ja Ritola

Kiurujen yö wallpaper, kobolt blue

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3–4 weeks

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Material
Finnish paper wallpaper
Colour
Kobolt blue
Length
10,05 m / roll
Width
53 cm
Notes
Straight match 44 cm

Birger Kaipiainen

Birger Kaipiainen (1915-1988) was one of Finland’s best-known ceramic artists. After graduating from the Central School of Arts and Crafts he was offered a position at the art department of Arabia where he worked over fifty years. The talented artist was referred to as the “king of decorators” and the “prince of ceramics”.

He received international fame at the Milano triennial in 1960 and Montreal Expo 67, where he won the Grand Prix. For the triennial, he had designed a series of birds made of ceramic beads. Montreal’s massive relief Orvokkimeri (Sea of Violets) was nine meters wide and almost five meters high, and depicted swans on a sea of violets. The artist also worked for Rörstrand in Sweden from 1954 to 1958.

In 1957 Birger Kaipiainen created the wallpapers Kiurujen yö and Ken Kiuruista Kaunein for Pihlgren & Ritola. Arabia’s tableware classic Paratiisi (paradise) was designed twelve years later. The series’ second quality ware was adorned by the verdant pattern Apila (cloverleaf) in the seventies.

Kaipiainen was granted the honorary title of Professor in 1977 and state pension four years later. Nevertheless, he continued working on new ideas at Arabia’s factory until passing away in 1988.

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