a "Ravenna" glass bowl, Orrefors, Sweden 1956.
Checkered pattern in red hues. Signed ORREFORS Ravenna No 1061 Sven Palmqvist. 18,3 x 13,3 cm, height 8,5 cm.
Tiny chip to the base.
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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