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TONSBERG, Niels Christian.
Norske Nationaldragter...
A beautiful collection of plates depicting Norwegian costumes in color lithographs, taken from the drawings of Christian Tonsberg. Norway had only been a (nominally) independent kingdom for less than forty years when this work was published: it stands as not only an interesting record and beautiful costume book but also as a symbol of Norway's new-found national pride.
- Published
- Christiana: Winckelmann & Sonner, 1852.
- References
- Colas II, 2893; Hiler & Hiler p.664; Lipperheide I, Haa 22; cf. Collection Ponti (1935) lot 864 (26 plates only)
- Plates
- 34
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Christiana: Winckelmann & Sonner, 1852.
- Ref
- 1307
Large quarto (13 5/8 x 10 1/4 inches). Text in three parallel columns in Norwegian, German, and English, 6pp. sheet music by Ole B. Bull at the end. Chromolithographic title with decorative surround incorporating three views and five armorials, 33 tinted lithographic plates, all hand-coloured, some heightened with gilt, all with titles in Danish, German and English, after Johann Friedrich Eckersberg and others, printed by Winckelmann & Söhne and others. Expertly bound to style in brown half calf over contemporary embossed paper-covered boards, spine in six compartments with raised bands, red morocco lettering-piece in the second compartment, the others with repeat decoration in gilt, green endpapers. Provenance: Miss Priestley (early presentation inscription in Norwegian). An attractive work with colour plates on the regional costume of mid-19th century Norway. The plates show the regional differences in dress across Norway and generally consist of a couple in 'Everydays-dress' [sic.] or 'Common-dress,' occasionally interspersed with 'Ancient costumes' or 'Vedding-dress' [sic]. The work is rare, with the last copy appearing at auction twenty years ago. Coloured plates in order: 1. Title page. 2. Ancient Costumes from Naes in Halingdal. 3. Costumes from Aal in Hallingdal. 4. Ancient Costume from Nummedal. 5. Costumes from Flesberg in Nummedal. 6. Costumes from Hjerdal in Tellemarken. 7. Costumes from Hitterdal in Tellemarken. 8. Wedding - Dress from Saetersdalen. 9. Common Dress from Saetersdalen. 10. Wedding - Dress from Vang in Valders. 11. Everydays - Dress from Vang in Valders. 12. Costumes from Vos. 13. Costumes from Hardanger. 14. Wedding - Dress from Hardanger. 15. Costumes from Birkeland near Bergen. 16. Costumes from Fano near Bergen. 17. Fishermen near Bergen. 18. Costumes from Moranger and Osfer near Bergen. 19. Costumes from Leirdal sogn. 20. Costumes from Indre - Sogn. 21. Costumes from Sondfjord. 22. Costumes from Nordfjord. 23. Wedding - Dress from Joringfjord Sondmoer. 24. Costumes from Orskoug Sondmoer. 25. Costumes from Surendal. 26. Costumes from Gudbrandsdal. 27. Costumes from Roraas. 28. Costumes from Toset. 29. Costumes from Holtaalen. 30. Costumes from Selboe. 31. Wedding - Dress Hevne. 32. Laplanders from Helgeland. 33. Laplanders in Winter Dress. 34. Laplanders in Summer Dress.
