Sven Palmqvist, a "ravenna" glass bowl, Orrefors 1965.
Four-sided with a checkered decoration in blue and red-orange, signed ORREFORS Ravenna No. 2602 Sven Palmqvist. Dimensions 18 x 18 cm, height 8.8 cm.
Some minor scratches and residue on the bottom interior.
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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