Stig Lindberg (1958) Karneval for Gustavsberg
Stig Lindberg’s ”Karneval” (Carnival) series was designed in 1958 during the golden era of Swedish pottery. The works of art were made of earthenware with geometric shapes, tin white glazes and colorful motifs. Find your favorite among Stig’s Karneval objects or see them all in our overview.
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An Overview of Stig Lindberg's Karneval series
Stig Lindberg designed the ”Karneval” (Carnival) series in 1957 for the Gustavsberg factory. It was made of earthenware and consisted of 19 vases and 13 dishes. The objects came with cylinder, block, quadratic, or rectangular shapes. They had tin glazes with bluish-white tones and hand-decorated colorful surrealistic motifs. Each model came in many different color schemes. The motif figures were similar to those in Stig’s textiles, children book illustrations, and deck of cards. Karneval, with its era-typical expression, was produced in 1958–1962.
Small quadratic dish, length 15 cm
Small quadratic dish, length 15 cm
Small quadratic dish, length 15 cm
Large quadratic dish, length 20 cm
Large quadratic dish, length 20 cm
Small rectangular dish, length 15 cm
Small rectangular dish, length 15 cm
Small rectangular dish, length 15 cm
Small rectangular dish, length 15 cm
Small rectangular dish, length 15 cm
Large rectangular dish, length 31 cm
Large rectangular dish, length 31 cm
Large rectangular dish, length 31 cm
Cylinder vase, height 15 cm
Cylinder vase, height 15 cm
Cylinder vase, height 20 cm
Cylinder vase, height 20 cm
Cylinder vase, height 20 cm
Cylinder vase, height 31 cm
Cylinder vase, height 36 cm
Cylinder vase, height 39 cm
Block vase, height 17 cm
Block vase, height 17 cm
Block vase, height 17 cm
Block vase, height 21 cm
Block vase, height 21 cm
Block vase, height 21 cm
Block vase, width 24 cm
Block vase, width 24 cm
Block vase, width 24 cm
Block vase, height 29 cm
Block vase, height 29 cm
Lower side of a Karneval object with the ”Gustavsberg hand”, model number, and painter’s signature.