부산대학교 도서관

Finnish ceramics manufactory estabished in 1873 in Helsinki (Swed. Helsingfors) as a subsidiary of the Swedish Rörstrand Factory; it became the leading Finnish ceramics factory for the domestic and Russian markets. In the early period, it followed Rörstrand's styles and decoration. Porcelain was manufactured there from 1877. Arabia's first independent designs date from 1893, when the manufacture of maiolica also began. The most important artist was the Swedish-born potter Thure Öberg (1871–1935), who was the factory's artistic director and who produced some distinguished Art Nouveau vases. In the post-war period the factory's most innovative lines were ‘Kilta’ (designed by Kaj Franck in 1948, sold from 1953 and relaunched in 1981 as ‘Teema’), ‘Ruska’ (designed by Ulla Procopé (1921–68) in 1960), ‘Paratiisi’ (designed by Birger Kaipiainen (1915–88) and sold from 1970) and ‘Arctica’ (designed by Inkeri Leivo, and sold from 1979); ‘Arctica’ was the first series to be made of vitreous china. The company now trades as Arabia Finland; its products are displayed in the company's museum....