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ASTRID
SAMPE
TEXTILE ARTIST
Born in Stockholm Astird Sampe attended “Higher Industrial Art
School of Stockholm” in the years between 1928-1932. This gave
her the opportunity to do an exchange at The Royal Collage of Art
in London.
After her studies in 1935, Astrid was hired by Nordiska Kompaniet
(NK) in which a year later she was appointed as the head of NK’s
Textile Chambers. There she worked as a legendary leader for the textile
department until her retirement in 1971.
Astrid was the initiator of the “Signed Textiles”. The idea
was to create a strict graphic collection of prints that would suit
the contract market. Her ability to manage and involve so many famous
names also contributed to the collections success.
Astrid designed three prints for this collection, “Angels”,
“Soft Sand” and “Thermidor”
Thermidor is an exact and simple yet elegant design, printed here
on bleached part linen. |
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