The 1920s—a decade of prosperity, its flowers beginning to bloom amid the wreckage of a world war and an influenza pandemic. In Sweden, a country that sat out the war, a particularly elegant style of design had taken hold. “Swedish Grace,” as it was later called, worked the classical motifs of many countries into lean, serene Swedish design, often with wit and delight. The Swedish fine and decorative arts of this decade wowed the world at expositions of the 20s, but in 1930, full stop, the Swedes abandoned graceful historicity and moved on to Modernism. This exhibition at Galerie56—co-curated by the gallery’s founder and renowned architect Lee F. Mindel, FAIA, and Jackson Design—tells the story of a movement that’s also been called “The Forgotten Modern.” It features furniture and decorative arts by such legendary designers as Gunnar Asplund, Axel Einar Hjorth, Uno Åhrén, and Anna Petrus. —Elena Clavarino