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Sven Palmqvist
(Sweden, 1906-1984)
Estimate
4 000 - 5 000 SEK
358 - 447 EUR
366 - 458 USD
Hammer price
8 500 SEK
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Sven Palmqvist
(Sweden, 1906-1984)
a 'Ravenna' glass bowl, Orrefors 1965.
Signed ORREFORS Ravenna Nr 2729 Sven Palmqvist. 15 x 15 cm, height 7 cm.
Tiny rim chip.
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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