Louise Nathalie Adelborg (2 July 1885 – 9 September 1971) was a Swedish porcelain designer and textile artist.

Biography

Louise Adelborg was born in Ludgo,

Södermanland County Södermanland County ( sv, Södermanlands län) is a county or '' län'' on the southeast coast of Sweden. In the local Sörmlandic dialects it is virtually universally shortened and pronounced as Sörmlands län, or simply Sörmland, which is ...

, Sweden, a member of the noble Adelborg family. She was the daughter of Jacquette De Geer and Otto Ehrenfrid Adelborg, a Swedish Army captain. Her brother

Fredrik Fredrik is a masculine Germanic given name derived from the German name '' Friedrich'' or Friederich, from the Old High German ''fridu'' meaning "peace" and ''rîhhi'' meaning "ruler" or "power". It is the common form of Frederick in Norway, Finla ...

became a diplomat, and her brother Gustaf-Otto became a writer. She graduated from the Technical School in Stockholm, following up with study trips to Italy and France. She began exhibiting ceramics and embroidery in 1916, and around the same time was tapped as a designer of patterns for the

Rörstrand Rörstrand porcelain was one of the most famous Swedish porcelain manufacturers, with production initially at Karlbergskanalen in Birkastan in Stockholm. History The Rörstrand waterfront site was first documented in the 13th century, wh ...

porcelain factory. She continued working for them until 1957, developing into a highly respected designer known for "an understated yet graceful modernism". Patterns she developed include Vase (1923) and the National Service (ca. 1930). National Service, later renamed Swedish Grace, features a wheat-ear motif and was exhibited at the Stockholm exhibition of 1930. Swedish Grace is still in production and considered an iconic design. She was also greatly interested in embroidery and textile art. She created a number of textiles with religious motifs for church use, including an

antependium An ''antependium'' (from Latin ''ante-'' and ''pendēre'' "to hang before"; pl: ''antependia''), also known as a '' parament'' or ''hanging'', or, when speaking specifically of the hanging for the altar, an altar frontal (Latin: ''pallium altari ...

for the

Riddarholm Church Riddarholmen Church ( sv, Riddarholmskyrkan) is the church of the former medieval Greyfriars Monastery in Stockholm, Sweden. The church serves as the final resting place of most Swedish monarchs. Riddarholmen Church is located on the island of ...

. She also designed patterns for fabrics from Almedahl-Dalsjöfors. Adelborg's work is held by the National Museum in Stockholm. She was a member of the women's association

Nya Idun Nya Idun is a Swedish cultural association for women founded in 1885, originally as a female counterpart to Sällskapet Idun ('the Idun Society'). Its aim was to "gather educated women in the Stockholm area for informal gatherings". There was al ...

. Adelborg was awarded the

Illis quorum ''Illis quorum'' (''Illis quorum meruere labores'') ( English: "For Those Whose Labors Have Deserved It"), is a gold medal awarded for outstanding contributions to Swedish culture, science or society. The award was introduced in 1784 by King Gu ...

in the fifth size. She died in 1971 in Stockholm and is buried at

Norra begravningsplatsen Norra begravningsplatsen, literally "The Northern Cemetery" in Swedish, is a major cemetery of the Stockholm urban area, located in Solna Municipality. Inaugurated on 9 June 1827, it is the burial site for a number of Swedish notables. Notabl ...

('Northern Cemetery') outside Stockholm.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Adelborg, Louise 1885 births 1971 deaths 20th-century Swedish women artists 20th-century Swedish artists Swedish ceramists Swedish designers Swedish textile artists People from Nyköping Municipality Burials at Norra begravningsplatsen 20th-century ceramists Swedish women ceramists Women textile artists Members of Nya Idun Recipients of the Illis quorum Swedish embroiderers

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