Marie Karsten (12 April 1872 –11 November 1953) was a Norwegian

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. She specialized in furniture and textile design. She was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was the daughter of Hans Heinrich Karsten (1837–1909) and Ida Susanne Pfützenreuter (1846–1890). She was a sister of architect Heinrich Karsten (1873–1947), painter

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(1876–1926) and textile artist Titti Karsten (1880–1963). She studied at the Royal Arts and Crafts School (now

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) under

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. She also studied at the

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in London (1898–1900). She later conducted study trips to London, Paris, Rome, Florence and Venice during 1920. Her best known public interior was probably the ''Iris''

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of Tostrupgården at Karl Johans gate in Oslo from about 1905. She made several contributions to the

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. She is represented in the Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design.

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1872 births 1953 deaths Architects from Oslo Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni Norwegian interior designers {{Norway-bio-stub