Plaster Relief Plaques Triptych Tekniska Skolan 1880-1910

Three plaster relief plaques made as teaching studies at Tekniska Skolan in Stockholm, the school of arts and crafts now known as Konstfack. Its students were working artisans and young designers, many of them women, who learned to draw from the history of ornament. The plaques cover two historic styles, Romansk and Grekisk Stil, and one of ornament's most enduring motifs, the acanthus leaf (Akantus Blad). Each is marked TS, with its title and plate number inscribed in the plaster. Reliefs of this kind stayed in use well into the twentieth century, when sculpture students at Konstfack were set to copy them in clay as a first lesson in observation. Hung together in a vertical line, the three read as a small history of ornamentation. Details Origin: Sweden Period: c. 1880 to 1910 Maker: Tekniska Skolan (now Konstfack), marked TS Materials: Plaster, with original metal hanging loops cast into the plaster Dimensions: Each approx. W 23 cm x H 24 to 24.5 cm x D 1.5 cm Condition: Old chips and losses consistent with age and use. Sold as a set of three. Plate numbers S.14, S.6 and S.11.1