Gerda Henning née Heydorn (March 2, 1891 – June 26, 1951) was a Danish weaver, textile designer and educator.
[1] From china painting, Henning moved into embroidery and thence into the production of silk textiles inspired by European folk art.
In 1922, she founded her own weaving studio, and in 1928 she started teaching at (and later ran) the textile department at the School of Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen, Denmark.
[2] Here and in her own studio she trained a generation of textile artists and designers who became influential in the development of the Danish modern style, including Lis Ahlmann, Vibeke Klint, Ea Koch, and John Kristian Becker.
[3] She collaborated with noted furniture designers such as Kaare Klint and Mogens Koch, and she was commissioned to make textiles for Copenhagen City Hall.