Sven Palmqvist
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A ceiling lamp, Orrefors, Sweden, 1940s.
Inner shade of sand blasted glass, twelve glass arms in relief, three lamp sockets, height 80 cm, diameter 51 cm.
Insignificant chips. Function not guaranteed.
Literature
Form: Svenska slöjdföreningens tidskrift, Svenska slöjdföreningen, Stockholm, 1940.
Designer
Sven Palmqvist was a Swedish glass artist and designer. As a long-term employee at Orrefors glassworks, Palmqvist was the originator of several new art glass techniques. Kraka was launched in 1944 as a development of the graal glass. In 1948 came Ravenna, a combination of a colored glass plate, crushed glass and a layer of clear glass. Palmqvist had his greatest success with the bowl series Fuga.
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