Cathedral

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On display at V&A South Kensington

Glass, Room 131

Artist/Maker	Kosta Glassworks (manufacturer) Lindstrand, Vicke (designer)
Place of origin	Sweden (made)

Vase, Sweden, designed by Vicke Lindstrand, for Kosta glassworks, 1954

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Categories	Glass Vases
Object type	Vase
Titles	Cathedral Katedral (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	Cut and sand-blasted glass
Brief description	Vase, Sweden, designed by Vicke Lindstrand, for Kosta glassworks, 1954
Dimensions	Height: 38.5cm
Style	20TH CONT
Gallery label	Vick Lindstrand had a varied career in a number of different disciplines including textiles and book illustration. He brought this wide experience to glass design and his skill was such that this combination of illustrative decoration with a vase shape of exaggerated proportions appears effortless.
Bibliographic reference	Opie, J: 'Scandinavia: Ceramics and Glass of the 20th Century', V&A Museum (1987), cat. 497
Other number	0366 - Glass gallery number
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	CIRC.3-1955

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Record created	December 13, 1997
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O6775/cathedral-vase-lindstrand-vicke/

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