Sven Palmqvist, a Ravenna glass bowl, Orrefors, Sweden 1966.
Signed ORREFORS Ravenna Nr 2979 Sven Palmqvist. Length 23.5 cm. Height 10 cm.
Probably a little polished to the rim along one of the sides.
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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