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Thora Kulle
Thora Kulle née Nilsson (1849–1939) was a Swedish textile artist who specialized in weaving. In 1880, together with her brother-in-law, she opened a weaving school in Lund which developed into a textile retail business with several branches, including one in Stockholm. Her work attracted significant attention at the Copenhagen's Nordic Exhibition in 1888. At the Paris World Fair in 1900, she was a awarded a gold medal. Biography Born on 20 October 1849 on a farm just outside Lund, Thora Kulle was the daughter of Nils Nilsson, a farmer and factory owner, and his wife Hanna née Åkesdotter. She was one of nine children. She was educated in Lund in a school run by a Miss Darin where in addition to the usual subjects, she was also taught handicrafts. In 1973, she married Lars Leander Kulle with whom she had eight children, five surviving infancy. They settled on Lund's Bredgatan. Along with Cilluf Olsson and Bengta Eskilsson, Kulle studied weaving at the Friends of Handicraft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thora Kulle Idun 1890, Nr 24
Thora may refer to: *Thora, New South Wales *299 Thora, a main belt asteroid *Tora (given name) Tora or Thora are female given names. In North Germanic languages, both Tora and Thora are derived from the Old Norse Þóra. In English, Tora may also be a short form of Victoria. Notable people with these names include: ;Thora * Dame Thora Hir ... See also * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century Swedish Textile Artists
The 19th (nineteenth) century began on 1 January 1801 (Roman numerals, MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (Roman numerals, MCM). The 19th century was the ninth century of the 2nd millennium. The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolitionism, abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The Industrial Revolution, First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanding beyond its British homeland for the first time during this century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Gunpowder empires, Islamic gunpowder empires fell into decline and European imperialism brought much of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and almost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
