SVEN PALMQVIST, a 35 piece 'Rhapsody' glass service and seven 'Fuga' glass bowls from Orrefors.
8 champagne glasses 19.5 cm
9 red wine glasses 15.5 cm
9 white wine glasses 14.5 cm
8 sweet wine glasses 12.5 cm
Decanter 20 cm
7 bowls 6.5-21 cm
Wear.
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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