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Item No. ：DJTX015
Maker：DORA JUNG TEXTIL
Material：LINEN
Size ：415mm x 280mm
This piece was created at her textile workshop, "Dora Jung Textil".
It was gifted by Dora Jung to Simone Prouvé, the daughter of Jean Prouvé from France and a textile artist herself.
Before becoming an independent artist, Simone Prouvé apprenticed under Alice Lund in Sweden for six months in 1953.
Through Lund's introduction, she then traveled to Finland and trained as a weaver under Dora Jung.
This is an extremely rare item.
*In good condition with no noticeable damage.
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Dora Jung (Dora Jung) is a leading Finnish textile artist.
Throughout her life, through tireless daily effort, she mastered materials and techniques. She was a craftsman-like artist who uncompromisingly pursued the realization of her own expression,
and developed traditional damask weaving techniques, creating modern damask weaves that reached the realm of art.
She was also a pioneer who, as a designer, revitalized Finnish linen products through her collaboration with Tampella.
She studied in the first class of the textile art department at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, and immediately after graduating in 1932, she established her own weaving workshop, "Dora Jung Textil," at home.
While primarily producing damask textiles for churches, she actively participated in large-scale international exhibitions from the beginning of her career.
1937 was a significant year for her: she won a gold medal at the Paris World's Fair, began a collaboration with Tampella (who would later become her artistic advisor) due to a large commission, and started a partnership with Artek by designing tablecloths and napkins for the Savoy restaurant, which was designed by the Aalto couple.
In 1938, she held a joint exhibition with Gunnel Nyman, a designer who had been her friend and comrade since her student days; the two also exhibited together at Artek in 1947.
At the "Linen Exhibition" held at Artek in 1956, Dora Jung presented her first products, linen goods manufactured by Tampella.
These were much-anticipated designed linen products that harmonized with the modern tableware embodying the "beautiful everyday objects" that had been increasingly introduced since the early 1950s.
Among her many awards, her success at the Milan Triennale is particularly noteworthy: she won the Grand Prix in 1951 and 1954 for works from her own workshop,
and in 1957 for products made by Tampella, achieving the remarkable feat of winning the Grand Prix three times in a row.
In 1979, she was awarded the title of Royal Designer for Industry (HonRDI) by the Royal Society of Arts in the UK.
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