Ulla Stenberg
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Ulla Stenberg, née Colliander (1792–1858) was a Swedish damask
maker.
Stenberg was the daughter of vicar Nils Johan Colliander in Jönköping
. She was professional damask maker from 1822, and had her own weaving school from 1830. She also designed her own damask patterns. She participated in the art exhibitions at the Prince Carl Palace in Stockholm 1834-40 and in Stockholm and London in 1851 and Paris in 1855. She had a Royal Warrant of Appointment in Sweden and international customers.
Damask
Damask is a reversible figured fabric of silk, wool, linen, cotton, or synthetic fibers, with a pattern formed by weaving. Damasks are woven with one warp yarn and one weft yarn, usually with the pattern in warp-faced satin weave and the ground in weft-faced or sateen weave...
maker.
Stenberg was the daughter of vicar Nils Johan Colliander in Jönköping
Jönköping
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. She was professional damask maker from 1822, and had her own weaving school from 1830. She also designed her own damask patterns. She participated in the art exhibitions at the Prince Carl Palace in Stockholm 1834-40 and in Stockholm and London in 1851 and Paris in 1855. She had a Royal Warrant of Appointment in Sweden and international customers.