Alf Wallander
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an important and unique Art Nouveau cameo glass vase, Reijmyre Sweden for the 'Baltic Exhibition in Malmö' 1914.
Etched and polished decoration executed by Axel Enoch Boman in white, dark green and purple glass against a green ground, showing women harvesting fruit, signed Reijmyre AE Boman A. Wallander 1914 unik. Height 44 cm, diameter 22 cm.
Exhibitions
The Baltic Exhibition, Malmö, 1914. This vase was exhibited in the showroom by 'AB Svenska Kristallglasbruken'.
Literature
Ed. Gunnel Mörkfors, Reijmyre Glasbruk, Östergötlands länsmuseum, Linköping, 2010, p 78.
More information
Alf Wallander was a very versatile artist and designer, one of the leading Art Nouveau artists in Sweden around the turn of the Century 1900. Not only did he make designs for Art Nouveau glass at the Kosta Glassworks 1908-1909 and at Reijmyre 1908-1914 but he also made designs for important ceramics at Rörstrand, designed textiles besides being a painting artist.
