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Gudme Leth
Marie Gudme Leth (1895–1997) revived textile printing as a craft in Denmark. After studying batik on Java and print colouring in Frankfurt, she founded her own print works and turned printed fabric into applied art. Her best-loved patterns, like Cherry from 1946, are printed again today.
The designer
Marie Gudme Leth
A trip to Java in 1921 shaped her career: she spent three years learning batik and how colour and pattern work together. Back home there was no printing tradition left to build on, so she trained in Germany and built one herself.
She found the imported prints of the day dull and set out to bring beauty into Danish homes. Her flowers, birds and later geometric designs earned recognition in Denmark and abroad, and her work is held by Designmuseum Danmark.
A pattern that lasts
Cherry is one of Marie Gudme Leth’s most iconic designs, a fresh, graphic take on nature that still looks modern almost eighty years on.
Why buy Gudme Leth from LoftModern
A design-museum pattern
An authentic Gudme Leth print from one of Denmark’s textile pioneers.
Easy to style
A single cushion brings Scandinavian colour to any sofa or chair.
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Decorative pillows by Gudme Leth, bringing a bold, graphic accent to sofas, beds and reading corners.