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Sven Palmqvist
(Sweden, 1906-1984)
Estimate
10 000 - 12 000 SEK
883 - 1 060 EUR
911 - 1 090 USD
Hammer price
30 000 SEK
Covered by droit de suite
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Sven Palmqvist
(Sweden, 1906-1984)
a "Ravenna" glass vase, nr 43, Orrefors, Sweden 1951.
Signed ORREFORS Sweden Sven Palmqvist RAVENNA 43. Height 10,5 cm, diameter 10,5 cm.
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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