Accession Number
1983/2.50

Title
Bowl

Artist(s)
Orrefors Glasbruk

Object Creation Date
circa 1937

Medium & Support
glass

Dimensions
3 9/16 in. x 8 5/16 in. ( 9 cm x 21.1 cm )

Credit Line
Bequest of Jean Paul Slusser

Subject matter
In the early 20th century the refined opulence of glasswork, typified by Louis Comfort Tiffany and the Arts and Crafts movement, gradually gave way to a more modernist aesthetic that emphasized cleaner lines and plain undecorated surfaces. Glassmakers working in this modernist vein began to reject superfluous surface ornament and focused instead on the total integration of form and design. Orrefors Glasbruk, a Swedish glass manufacturer, was influenced by the Art Nouveau inspired works of Émile Gallé before developing their characteristic clean lines of brilliant crystal bringing to mind frozen liquid. These works illustrate the measured shift by modernist reformers to design along industrial principles that achieved beauty through form in its purest state rather than by means of applied ornament.

Physical Description
Clear glass bowl-shaped vessel with large foot and turned-in lip.

Primary Object Classification
Decorative Arts

Primary Object Type
glass

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
Swedish (culture or style)
bowl
bowls (vessels)
decorative arts
glass (material)
modern and contemporary art