Gunnar Nylund Furniture
Swedish artist-designer Gunnar Nylund — who worked at iconic porcelain manufacturer Rörstrand for decades — was never satisfied with the status quo. He played with organic shapes, rich colors and dazzling patterns to create some of the most exquisite ceramic and porcelain sculptures, vessels and other furnishings and decor of the 20th century.
Born in Paris to artists Fernanda Jacobsen-Nylund and Felix Nylund, Gunnar lived in Finland as a child but when the Finnish Civil War broke out in 1918, he moved with his mother to her native Denmark. He initially pursued architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts but cut his schooling short when he accepted a position at the Bing Grøndahl porcelain factory, where he worked for artist Paul Gauguin’s son, Jean, for several years, creating a range of stoneware pieces.
Dissatisfied with the factory's traditional approach to art, Nylund moved on from Bing Grøndahl and sought to create works in a modernist style. In 1929, Nylund and chemist Nathalie Krebs opened their own ceramics workshop called Saxbo in Saxbo, Denmark. The company’s works garnered praise at a Svenskt Tenn exhibition, and the prestigious Swedish manufacturer Rörstrand offered Nylund a position as creative director.
While he later worked for Nymolle Ceramic Factory in Denmark for a short period, Nylund produced his most famous works while employed by Rörstrand. Fresh ideas and methods intrigued Nylund and he was always eager to try new techniques at the manufacturer. He worked in the Art Deco style, creating warm-toned matte-glazed stoneware sculptures and ceramic tableware that are devoid of lavish ornamentation. Later, he crafted numerous figurines and highly stylized animal sculptures. Nylund’s work can be found at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, the Designmuseum Denmark and elsewhere.
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Creator: Gunnar Nylund
A Stoneware Plate or Dish by Gunnar Nylund
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in San Francisco, CA
A wide rimmed stoneware dish in mottled brown-orange and tan glaze. Incised R, three crowns, SWEDEN, G.N.
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1940s Swedish Modern Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Stoneware
A Rebus Series Ceramic Vase by Gunnar Nylund.
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in San Francisco, CA
A ceramic vase with a mottled glaze in brown and yellow tones by Gunnar Nylund. Rebus series. Incised with maker's mark and designer's initials "R, GN, Sweden, 6."
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1960s Swedish Modern Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Ceramic
A Rebus series vase by Gunnar Nylund
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Rebus series large stoneware floorstanding vase by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand. The textural pattern is carved into the piece and finished with a matte glaze of varied light and da...
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1950s Swedish Modern Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Stoneware
Gunnar Nylund Ceramic Vase by Rörstrand in Sweden
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare ceramic vase designed by Gunnar Nylund. Produced by Rörstrand in Sweden.
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Ceramic
Gunnar Nylund, Large Brown Glazed Vase, Sweden, 1960s
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in New York, NY
A beautifully glazed mid-century vase executed by Gunna Nylund for the venerable Swedish based ceramics firm Rorstrand. Signed.
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Ceramic
Gunnar Nylund Ceramic Vase Produced by Rörstrand in Sweden
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Ceramic vase designed by Gunnar Nylund. Produced by Rörstrand in Sweden.
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Ceramic
Porcelain "Carolina" Vase Designed by Gunnar Nylund For Rörstrand
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Doraville, GA
A beautifully shaped "Carolina" vase with a blue / black matte feldspar glaze designed by Gunnar Nylund in the 1950's for Rörstrand Procelain Works in Denmark.
Gunnar Nylund (1904-1...
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Porcelain
Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian Large Vase by Gunnar Nylund
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Courbevoie, FR
Very large ceramic vase by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand decorate vertical lines. Glaze beige and gray green. Stamped.
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1940s Swedish Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Ceramic
Vase in brown glazed ceramic by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand Sweden 1960.
By Rörstrand, Gunnar Nylund
Located in JOINVILLE-LE-PONT, FR
Superb single-flower vase pitcher in chocolate brown glazed ceramic with a white rim, AUP model, monogrammed and marked under the base. An extremely refined object of great finesse a...
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Ceramic
Gunnar Nylund Ceramic Vase Model Caolina Produced by Rörstrand in Sweden
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Caolina ceramic vase designed by Gunnar Nylund. Produced by Rörstrand in Sweden.
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Ceramic
Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand 1964
s Mustard Flower Vase from Petitess Collection
By Rörstrand, Gunnar Nylund
Located in Mexico City, MX
Designed by Gunnar Nylund in 1964 for the Petitess Collection this cylindric, mustard brown glazed vase with geometric relief is a beautiful piece of Swedish ceramic design. Signed w...
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1960s Swedish Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Ceramic
Gunnar Nylund, Offwhite Teardrop-shaped Glazed Vase, Sweden, 1960s
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in New York, NY
A beautifully glazed mid-century vase executed by Gunna Nylund for the venerable Swedish based ceramics firm Rorstrand. Signed.
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Ceramic
A Ceramic Vase with a mottled glaze by Gunnar Nylund
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Gunnar Nylund ceramic vase with a mottled glaze. Incised with maker's mark and designer's initials "R, GN, Sweden, 6."
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1960s Swedish Modern Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian Ceramic by Gunnar Nylund
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Courbevoie, FR
Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian ceramic by Gunnar Nylund: fish. Brown mat glazure, haze fur.
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1960s Scandinavian Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Ceramic
Gunnar Nylund Ceramic Bowls Model Caolina by Rörstrand in Sweden
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Set of 3 ceramic bowls model Caolina designed by Gunnar Nylund. Produced by Rörstrand in Sweden.
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian Ceramic. Fawn by Gunar Nylund
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Courbevoie, FR
Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian ceramic. Fawn by Gunar Nylund.
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1950s Swedish Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Ceramic
Gunnar Nylund Ceramic Vase by Rörstrand in Sweden
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare ceramic vase designed by Gunnar Nylund. Produced by Rörstrand in Sweden.
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Ceramic
Swedish Mid-Century Ceramic Bowl by Gunnar Nylund for Rorstrand
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Lidköping, SE
Gunnar Nylund is one of the most respected Swedish ceramic designers of the 20th century. Nylund began his career at Bing & Grondahl’s Porcelain Factory in Copenhagen (1925-1929) bef...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Ceramic
Two Brown and green-glazed Gunnar Nylund Bowls, Sweden, 1940s
By Gunnar Nylund, Rörstrand
Located in Stockholm, SE
Two Classic brown and beige-glazed stoneware bowls designed and produced in Sweden, 1940s. Marked as 1st quality.
Gunnar Nylund, born in Paris in 1904 to parents engaged in sculptin...
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1950s European Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Stoneware
Large Vase by Gunnar Nylund
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in San Francisco, CA
A brown, ochre, and auburn hare's fur glaze ceramic vase by Gunnar Nylund for Rorstrand. Signature and Studio mark to to bottom. Several firing marks are present.
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1960s Swedish Modern Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Ceramic
Pitcher by Gunnar Nylund
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very small pitcher or vase in hare's fur glaze of yellow and mustard by Gunnar Nylund for Rorstrand. Impressed on the bottom by both the creator and manufacturer's mark.
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1960s Danish Modern Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Ceramic
$1,200
Swedish mid-century set, vase and bowl by Gunnar Nylund for Rorstrand
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Lidköping, SE
Gunnar Nylund is one of the most respected Swedish ceramic designers of the 20th century. Nylund began his career at Bing & Grondahl’s Porcelain Factory in Copenhagen (1925-1929) bef...
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1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Ceramic
Swedish Mid-Century Small Bowl by Gunnar Nylund for Rorstrand
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Lidköping, SE
Gunnar Nylund is one of the most respected Swedish ceramic designers of the 20th century. Nylund began his career at Bing & Grondahl’s Porcelain Factory in Copenhagen (1925-1929) bef...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Ceramic
Stoneware Vase Designed by Gunnar Nylund
By Gunnar Nylund, Rörstrand
Located in Hägersten, SE
Stoneware vase designed by Gunnar Nylund. Hand made at Rörstrand in the 1940s. Glaze with burnt brown tones. Very good vintage condition with light wear and patina.
Dimensions: H....
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1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Stoneware
Table Lamp "Chamotte" by Gunnar Nylund, Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Göteborg, SE
The Gunnar Nylund Stoneware "Chamotte" Table Lamp in Mustard, crafted for Rörstrand, is a stunning example of mid-century Scandinavian design at its finest. Designed by the renowned ...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Ceramic, Clay
Gunnar Nylund, Pale Blue Glazed Vase, Sweden, 1960s
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in New York, NY
A beautifully glazed mid-century vase executed by Gunna Nylund for the venerable Swedish based ceramics firm Rorstrand. Signed.
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Ceramic
Gunnar Nylund for Rorstrand, Chamotte
Hedgehog
Series, Sculpted Topaz Vase
By Gunnar Nylund, Rörstrand
Located in Frome, GB
This viviacious work of Swedish Modernist design is the 'Igelkott' ('Hedgehog') vase that comes from the larger 'Chamott' (Chamotte) series designed between 1936 to 1948. The series was designed by the celebrated Swedish ceramicist and designer Gunnar Nylund (b.1904 - d.1997) for Rörstrand.
The vases were made in 5 colours (Emerald, Topaz, (Mustard), Turquoise, White, and Yellow) with 3 different forms to the vases. This Topaz piece comes from the 'Al' form and is the medium size of the 3 available sizes at 16 cm in height (small 12cm, medium 16cm, large 21cm). Nylund became well known for his Chamotte sculptures, designing the series during his time as artistic director at Rörstrand.
Handworked, the rugged yet polished décor...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Ceramic
Gunnar Nylund Table Lamp in Brown and Pale Olive Glaze Rörstrand, Sweden, 1960s
By Rörstrand, Gunnar Nylund
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gunnar Nylund table lamp in brown and pale olive glaze Rörstrand, Sweden, 1960s
Brown and pale olive glaze with cream highlights.
Light wear consistent with age and use, new pl...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Stoneware
Sculpture Designed by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950’s
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Stockholm, SE
Sculpture designed by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand,
Sweden, 1950’s.
Stoneware and wood.
Signed.
Dimensions:
H: 17.5 cm / 6 3/4"
W: 20 cm / 8”
D: 13.5 cm / 5 1/3”
Gunnar Nylund was...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Ceramic, Stoneware, Wood
Monkey Sculpture by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s, Glazed Stoneware
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Stockholm, SE
Stoneware.
Signed.
H: 15.5 cm / 6''
W: 19 cm / 7 1/2''
D: 13.5 cm / 5 1/4''
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Stoneware
Urn Designed by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1936
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Stockholm, SE
Urn designed by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand,
Sweden, 1936.
Stoneware.
Signed.
Dimensions:
H: 78.5 cm / 2' 7''
D: 53 cm / 21''
Exhibitions: In Paris 1937 at the World's Fair, Gunn...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Stoneware
Glass Vase in Gray by Gunnar Nylund, 1950
s
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Glass Vase in Gray by Gunnar Nylund, 1950's
Additional Information:
Material: Glass
Style: Mid century, Scandinavian
Produced by Strömbergshyttan in Sweden
Dimensions (W x D x H): 9...
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20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Glass
Gunnar Nylund Vase Model Caolina Produced by Rörstrand
By Gunnar Nylund
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Caolina ceramic vase designed by Gunnar Nylund. Produced by Rörstrand in Sweden.
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Ceramic
Scandinavian Ceramic Pichet, Model AXQ
By Rörstrand, Gunnar Nylund
Located in Courbevoie, FR
Scandinavian ceramic pichet, model AXQ signed.
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1960s Swedish Vintage Gunnar Nylund Furniture
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Ceramic
Gunnar Nylund furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Gunnar Nylund furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of ceramic and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Gunnar Nylund furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Gunnar Nylund were created in the Scandinavian Modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Rörstrand, Carl-Harry Stålhane, and Stig Lindberg. Prices for Gunnar Nylund furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $165 and can go as high as $20,573, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,200.
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