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Cathedral

Vase
ca. 1954 (made)
Artist/Maker
Kosta Glassworks (manufacturer)
Lindstrand, Vicke (designer)
Place of origin
Sweden (made)

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

Object details

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 createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
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