Dress in cerise patterned Stobo cotton, worn by Gunilla Pontén
Göta Trägårdh · June 1955
Stockholm, Sweden
Göta Trägårdh
- Graphic textile patterns
- Stylised foliage
- Fashion illustration
Göta Trägårdh worked across fashion illustration, textile design and education, becoming an influential figure in Swedish printed fabrics. Her elegant, economical drawing style informed both magazine illustrations and a prolific pattern practice.
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Collection selection
Stobo cotton dress worn by Gunilla Pontén
June 1955 · Stobo textile design
Trägårdh’s patterned Stobo cotton shown in a dress modeled by Gunilla Pontén. The textile is attributed to Trägårdh; the dressmaker is not identified.
Lars Nordin/Nordin Nilson / Nordiska museet
Textile design
Japan furnishing fabric
1955 · Stobo
Screen-printed cotton furnishing fabric designed for Stobo, preserved in the V&A as CIRC.87-1956.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Textile design
Ikaros textile
1971 · Strömma
Ikaros, designed for Strömma in 1971 and documented in Designarkivet’s exhibition.
Designarkivet / Kalmar konstmuseum; photographer not identified
Textile detail
Rapid textile
1983 · Borås Cotton
A current production example of the Rapid textile, designed in 1983 as a development of Trägårdh’s earlier Nausikaa pattern.
Borås Cotton; photographer not identified
Textile design
Majsol / Sandeternell textile
1971; reissue 2024 · IKEA Nytillverkad
Reissued fabric using Trägårdh’s large floral Majsol pattern, originally published in IKEA’s 1971 catalogue.
© Inter IKEA Systems B.V.Collections & archive pieces
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About Göta Trägårdh
Through teaching at the Anders Beckman school and artistic direction within industry, she connected young designers with production, while her own textiles ranged from refined graphics to boldly coloured, stylised foliage.