a 'Ravenna' glass bowl, Orrefors 1965.
Signed ORREFORS Ravenna Nr 2729 Sven Palmqvist. 15 x 15 cm, height 7 cm.
Tiny rim chip.
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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