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Sven Palmqvist

(Sweden, 1906-1984)
Estimate
10 000 - 12 000 SEK
894 - 1 070 EUR
907 - 1 090 USD
Hammer price
15 000 SEK
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Sven Palmqvist
(Sweden, 1906-1984)

a "Ravenna" glass bowl, Orrefors 1978.

Signed ORREFORS Ravenna Nr 7077 Sven Palmqvist and label marked. 23,5 x 23,5 cm, height 17 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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