Sven Palmqvist, a "Ravenna" glass bowl, Orrefors, Sweden 1963.
Fyrsidig med rutdekor i blått, ljusgult och rött. Signerad ORREFORS Ravenna Nr 2304 Sven Palmqvist. 14,5 x 14,5 cm, höjd 7 cm.
A few minor scratches.
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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