Orrefors Glassworks (also known as just Orrefors) is a glassworks in the Swedish village Orrefors in Småland. Orrefors manufactured crystal glassware and art glass. The range consisted of crystal stemware, barware, vases, and sculptures and lighting products in crystal. The glassworks in Orrefors closed in 2012.[1]
Crystal bowl by OrreforsOrrefors, Sven Palmqvist "Fuga"
Orrefors is a part of the Swedish glassworks group Orrefors Kosta Boda AB.
The Orrefors glassworks were founded in 1898 on the site of an older iron works. Up until 1913, the company produced mainly window glass and bottles. When Consul Johan Ekman bought the factory in 1913, Orrefors started to produce drinking glasses, vases and other house-ware items. Ekman hired the brothers Eugen and Knut Bergkvist, who had worked at Kosta Boda before, as well as Fritz Blomqvist and Heinrich Wollman. Wollman originated from Bohemia, which had a long tradition in glassmaking. The first attempts at art glass making were in the style of the at the time famous French glassworks such Daum and Gallé.[2]
A similar technique was devised in 1936 which trapped air within the walls of the glass. This was known as Ariel, a name of a character in Shakespeare's play The Tempest.[3] A major influence of theirs was the Art Nouveau work of the French artist Émile Gallé.[4] Their designs use characteristic clean lines of brilliant crystal that suggests a frozen liquid. Their work was greatly admired when it was displayed to a wide audience at the Paris Exhibition of 1925.
In addition to individual pieces of crystal, the company made crystal stemware. The glass house came to be a leading producer during the interwar period.[5] In more recent times the factory has also become noted for its chandelier-making. Many of the older designs were still produced in the 21st century.[6][7]
Since 2013, the building has been home to the "Per Ekström Museet", an art museum.[8]
orrefors, glassworks, also, known, just, orrefors, glassworks, swedish, village, orrefors, småland, orrefors, manufactured, crystal, glassware, glass, range, consisted, crystal, stemware, barware, vases, sculptures, lighting, products, crystal, glassworks, orr. Orrefors Glassworks also known as just Orrefors is a glassworks in the Swedish village Orrefors in Smaland Orrefors manufactured crystal glassware and art glass The range consisted of crystal stemware barware vases and sculptures and lighting products in crystal The glassworks in Orrefors closed in 2012 1 Crystal bowl by Orrefors Orrefors Sven Palmqvist Fuga Orrefors is a part of the Swedish glassworks group Orrefors Kosta Boda AB Contents 1 History 2 Notable works 3 Designers at Orrefors 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe Orrefors glassworks were founded in 1898 on the site of an older iron works Up until 1913 the company produced mainly window glass and bottles When Consul Johan Ekman bought the factory in 1913 Orrefors started to produce drinking glasses vases and other house ware items Ekman hired the brothers Eugen and Knut Bergkvist who had worked at Kosta Boda before as well as Fritz Blomqvist and Heinrich Wollman Wollman originated from Bohemia which had a long tradition in glassmaking The first attempts at art glass making were in the style of the at the time famous French glassworks such Daum and Galle 2 A similar technique was devised in 1936 which trapped air within the walls of the glass This was known as Ariel a name of a character in Shakespeare s play The Tempest 3 A major influence of theirs was the Art Nouveau work of the French artist Emile Galle 4 Their designs use characteristic clean lines of brilliant crystal that suggests a frozen liquid Their work was greatly admired when it was displayed to a wide audience at the Paris Exhibition of 1925 In addition to individual pieces of crystal the company made crystal stemware The glass house came to be a leading producer during the interwar period 5 In more recent times the factory has also become noted for its chandelier making Many of the older designs were still produced in the 21st century 6 7 Since 2013 the building has been home to the Per Ekstrom Museet an art museum 8 Notable works editThe Apple Sculpture 1955 by Ingeborg Lundin Bowl Simon Gate Designers at Orrefors editKnut Bergqvist 1914 1929 Heinrich Wollman 1914 1923 Gustav Abels 1915 1959 Eva Jancke Bjork 1915 1917 Fritz Blomqvist 1915 1917 Simon Gate 1916 1945 Edward Hald 1917 1978 Nils Landberg 1927 1972 John Selbing 1927 1973 Vicke Lindstrand 1928 1940 Sven Palmqvist 1928 1971 Flory Gate 1930 Edvin Ohrstrom 1936 1958 Fritz Kurz 1940 1946 Carl Fagerlund 1946 1980 Ingeborg Lundin 1947 1971 Gunnar Cyren 1959 1970 1976 Jan Johansson 1969 Borge Lindau 1970 Bo Lindekrantz 1970 Peter Mandl 1970 Styrbjorn Engstrom 1970 Olle Alberius 1971 1973 Henning Koppel 1971 1981 Rolf Nilsson 1971 1972 Lars Hellsten 1972 Eva Englund 1974 1990 Wiktor Bernt 1975 1979 Owe Elven 1975 1978 Berit Johansson 1979 1983 Arne Branzell 1980 1982 Anette Krahner 1980 1981 Erika Lagerbielke 1982 Anne Nilsson 1982 2005 Klas Goran Tinback 1982 1983 Mats Borgstrom 1984 1990 Helen Krantz 1988 2005 Vivianne Karlsson 1989 1993 Lena Bergstrom 1994 Per B Sundberg 1994 Martti Rytkonen 1994 Ingegerd Raman 1999 Karl Lagerfeld 2010 2019References edit Branstrom Sara L Glasriket gar i kras Svenska Dagbladet 3 October 2012 Retrieved 19 september 2018 A Short History of Orrefors www swedishglass com A Short History of Orrefors Plath Iona June 1 1966 Decorative Arts of Sweden Courier Dover Publications ISBN 0 486 21478 8 p 107 Chambers Karen S March 1 1999 Clearly Inspired Contemporary Glass and Its Origins Pomegranate ISBN 0 7649 0932 0 pps 40 132 Arwas Victor September 1 1999 The Art of Glass Art Nouveau to Art Deco Papadakis Publisher ISBN 1 901092 00 3 p 105 Bray Charles June 19 2001 Dictionary of Glass University of Pennsylvania Press ISBN 0 8122 3619 X pps 75 135 Orrefors glass Encyclopaedia Britannica 2006 Per Ekstrom museet HomepageExternal links editOfficial Orrefors website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Orrefors Glassworks amp oldid 1163245281, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
