Sven Palmqvist, a 'Ravenna glass bowl, Orrefors, signed and dated 1986.
Blue and orange pattern. Signed Orrefors 900340 Sven Palmqvist Ravenna Gallery 9-86. Diameter 35, height 11 cm.
Some wear and stain underneath. 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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