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| Folke Arström |
He opened his own studio in 1934 and is known for some of his beautiful Art Deco pieces, including a beautiful chrome and bakelite cocktail shaker he created while he worked for Guldsmedsaktiebolaget (GAB) in Stockholm from 1936 to 1949. He also designed for Edlund's Silver Factory Ltd. (BHE) in Stockholm during that time.
In 1940 he took a position creative manager with A. B. Gense, where he worked for the next 20 years. Gense is an abbreviation of Gustaf Eriksson NySilverfabriken in Eskilstuna. The company was founded in 1856 and is still in business, although it was purchased by GAB in 1964. Gense has been making cutlery since the 1920s and is considered one of the world's largest and finest producers of stainless steel products.
Some of Arström's best known designs are Focus De Luxe, which had a nylon handle, Facette and Attache. Gense still produces these lines today.
From vam.ac.uk and gense.se
In 1940 he took a position creative manager with A. B. Gense, where he worked for the next 20 years. Gense is an abbreviation of Gustaf Eriksson NySilverfabriken in Eskilstuna. The company was founded in 1856 and is still in business, although it was purchased by GAB in 1964. Gense has been making cutlery since the 1920s and is considered one of the world's largest and finest producers of stainless steel products.
Some of Arström's best known designs are Focus De Luxe, which had a nylon handle, Facette and Attache. Gense still produces these lines today.
From vam.ac.uk and gense.se
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| Art Deco cocktail shaker modernism.com |
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| Thebe cocktail shaker for Gense pafemtevaningen.com |
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| Tin tea set deconet.com |
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| Attache gense.se |
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| Attache gense.se |
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| Focus De Luxe deconet.com |
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| Focus De Luxe salad set gense.se |
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| Facette gense.se |
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| An assortment of Arström pieces tennants.co.uk |
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| Arström hallmark mackacke.com |
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| Gense mark from the 1950s minttheshop.com |
