NOTABLE TAPESTRIES - OSLO CITY HALL
Text by Robbie LaFleur
If you visit Oslo, Norway, be sure to visit the Rådhus (City Hall). Enormous rooms hold monumental frescoes and tapestries, including Lilletorget (1950), designed by Kåre Jonsborg. When it was woven by Else Halling and assistants, it was the largest tapestry woven in Norway to date, at 12’ x 24.5’.
Image: tapestry cushions in the main hall of Oslo City Hall. Image above: Kåre Jonsborg Lilletorget. Tapestry in Oslo City Hall. Some colours have been enhanced in the photo to give a better impression of its original appearance. © Frode Inge Helland.
In the main hall there is tapestry of a practical nature. A long marble bench flanks one wall, lined with 60(!) tapestry-woven cushions. The covers were designed by Else Poulsson (1909-2002) and made by several weavers with Husflid (the Norwegian Handicraft Association) in 1949-1950..................................
If you visit Oslo, Norway, be sure to visit the Rådhus (City Hall). Enormous rooms hold monumental frescoes and tapestries, including Lilletorget (1950), designed by Kåre Jonsborg. When it was woven by Else Halling and assistants, it was the largest tapestry woven in Norway to date, at 12’ x 24.5’.
Image: tapestry cushions in the main hall of Oslo City Hall. Image above: Kåre Jonsborg Lilletorget. Tapestry in Oslo City Hall. Some colours have been enhanced in the photo to give a better impression of its original appearance. © Frode Inge Helland.
In the main hall there is tapestry of a practical nature. A long marble bench flanks one wall, lined with 60(!) tapestry-woven cushions. The covers were designed by Else Poulsson (1909-2002) and made by several weavers with Husflid (the Norwegian Handicraft Association) in 1949-1950..................................
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