Sven Palmqvist, a 'Ravenna' glass bowl, Orrefors 1976.
Four-sided with undulating edges, blue glass mass with geometric decoration in orange. Signed Orrefors Ravenna P. 6512 Sven Palmqvist. 15 x 15, height 8 cm.
Minor surface wear with small scratch marks underneath.
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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