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Art of glass

by Geoffrey Edwards

Neither Gate nor Hald had any prior experience with the medium of glass, but the vessels they designed for Orrefors - the majority of which were made in ...

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Scandinavian Glass 1930-2000

by Leslie A. Piña

To supplement the engraved glass production, Gustaf Abels joined the company in 1915. In 1922, Orrefors opened the first school for glass engraving in ...

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All the best in Scandinavia

by Sydney Clark

In the second decade of the twentieth century the father-in-law of Henning Beyer , the present owner of Orrefors Glasbruk (ie, Glass Works), bought a forest ...

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Journal of glass studies

Scandinavian glass. Harrod, Tanya "Twentieth-Century Scandinavian Ceramics and Glass" ... Orrefors Glasbruk Simon Gate, Edward Hald: Orrefors Orrefors, ...

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The Official Price Guide to Antiques and Collectibles

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The History of glass

by Dan Klein

Scandinavian designers were able to achieve such variety because they had access to highly ... The most renowned glass- blower at Orrefors is Nils Landberg, ...

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Contemporary designers

by Colin Naylor

Kantara bowl in white semi-opaque glass, for Orrefors, 1944. ... London 1962; Svenskt Glas by Elisa Steenberg, Stockholm 1964; Scandinavian Design: Objects ...

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Orrefors

by Kerstin Wickman

43 While the Scandinavian spirit was well and truly in the air, ... It gave emerging glass maker Neil Roberts a grant to study at the Orrefors Workshops. ...

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Scandinavia--ceramics & glass in the twentieth century

by Jennifer Hawkins Opie

467 Vase A Clear grey tinted glass with flat cut facets and copper- wheel engraved decoration of a female nude holding a flower Made by Orrefors 1937, ...

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Scandinavian modern design, 1880-1980

by David Revere McFadden

85. Edward Hald (1883-1980). Plate: The Broken Bridge. 1921. Sweden. Produced at Orrefors Glasbruk. Glass, engraved, diameter 10%" (27.3 cm). ...

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Scandinavia

by Jennifer Hawkins Opie

459 Bottie and stopper V Clear brown soda glass Made by Orrefors; ... and Scandinavian production was stocked regularly and exhibited in the Mansard Gallery ...

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Scandinavian review

by American-Scandinavian Foundation

The description up to this time concerns the richly worked wares of highest quality, grail and crystal glass. Orrefors and its daughter factory, Sandvik, ...

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Frommer's Scandinavia

by Darwin Porter

The big names in Swedish glass, Orrefors and Kosta Boda, are on display, ... Klassik Moderne Møbelkunst In 1990, rosewood and teak Scandinavian fur- niture ...

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The American-Scandinavian review

by American-Scandinavian Foundation

Ingeborg Lundin is one of many exc lent glass designers at Orrefors. The vironment and atmosphere in this rer community was tranquility; and spending ...

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Contemporary decorative arts from 1940 to the present

by Philippe Garner

Scandinavia In modern Scandinavian glass the most important names are perhaps those of Orrefors and Kosta, the foremost Swedish glassworks, which created ...

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The design encyclopedia

by Mel Byars

With master glass blower Knut Bergqvist. they developed the graal technique in 1916. 1933, Gate became the artistic director of Orrefors. ...

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Design directory Scandinavia

by Bernd Polster

Nothing expressed this more clearly than the huge glass globe Orrefors displayed at the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition. The globe is now in the National Museum. ...

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Journal of glass studies

by Corning Museum of Glass

SCANDINAVIAN A NONYMOUS "Scandinavian Modern Exhibition at Cooper-Hewitt Museum" Ohio Antique Renew ... Dan "Orrefors Glass" The Antique Dealer & Collectors ...

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Buy, keep or sell?

by Judith Miller

$2000-2500 Delicate lines Engraved glass was not unique to Orrefors. ... BUY > Vases with pulled rims epitomize the Scandinavian interest in ...

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The Glass industry

SCANDINAVIAN GLASS SOCIETY HOST TO INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ... and Orrefors glass companies; and. finally, a visit on June 20 to the National Museum of ...

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