Designer Estrid Ericson
With great curiosity and detailed opinions Estrid Ericson put her mark on the furniture Uno Åhrén and Björn Trägårdh designed in the 1930s. Sometimes, she would continue works by others according to her own taste. For example, Anna Petrus Lyttkens famous lions would be used to decorate boxes according to Estrid Ericsons taste.
Meanwhile, Estrid Ericson was a talented designer herself and designed mirrors, boxes, prints, jewellery and interior details. She found inspiration from her many trips, from historical objects and contemporary artists. The combination resulted in a mix of high and low, classic and modern and Estrid Ericson eventually became one of the most renowned figures in the Stockholm design scene of the 20th century.
“We must not forget to cherish freedom within our homes, to not abstain from pieces just because they could jeopardise our aesthetic formalism. It is never a fabricated colour chart that gives a home its personality, but it is all the things one collects through life. All the things we once loved, alongside all the things we love today. — our homes are never completed, during our entire lives, we continue to build upon them.”
— Estrid Ericsons in “The Catechism of Interior design “, 1939.
