Sven Palmqvist, a "double" ravenna glass bowl, Orrefors 1956, no 999.

A "double" ravenna glass bowl, Orrefors 1956, no 999.

Four-sided with a checkered pattern in blue against red-orange, with an outer layer of grey-toned glass, signed ORREFORS RAVENNA No 999 Sven Palmqvist. 21 x 20 cm, height 17.2 cm.

Small internal tension crack at the base, minor scratches.

Provenance

Andres Laszlo Jr. Collection.

More about Sven Palmqvist

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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