Dora Jung

Biography
1906 - 1980

About the artist

The iconic Finnish textile artist, craftswoman, and industrial designer Dora Jung was known for her expertise in designing woven damask fabrics with abstract motifs. Damask combines multiple weave structures to produce a subtle pattern, sometimes only visible in raking light. She graduated from Finland’s Central School of Arts and crafts. Shortly after that in 1932 Jung opened her weaving atelier in Helsinki.

In her day, Jung was known as a bold reformist and a pioneer in crafts and arts. She developed her own weaving techniques - with a unique sense of aesthetics, colours, shapes and a perfect hand with the finest linens. Her designs garnered important awards both in Finland and abroad.

Jung is famous for her ambition and her search for new ways to express her ideas and emotions through textiles in a progressive way. Her vision of beautiful everyday objects in Finnish homes inspired her to design linen tablecloths that stand the test of time.

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