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The best of modern Swedish art glass : Orrefors and Kosta 1930-1970 with price guide / Mark D. Friedman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: [United States] : The Author, c2006.Description: 118 p. : ill. ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780977779802(hbk)
Subject(s): Review: "Despite the high level of collector interest in modern Scandinavian art glass, there have been few if any publications devoted exclusively to Swedish glass made from 1930-1970, and none that have attempted to provide the collector with the background needed to fully understand the forces that determine prices in this market. The author sets forth a concise history of the two major Swedish glass producers during their peak decades, identifies those artists and designs that are of primary importance, and assigns estimated values to these works. The focus of this work is on limited production, "high end" designs, rather than on the commercial output of these firms." "The text is illustrated with color photos from the author's own outstanding collection as well as a number of illustrations supplied by Bo Knutsson Art & Antiques, perhaps Sweden's leading dealer in 20th century Swedish glass."--BOOK JACKET.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Despite the high level of collector interest in modern Scandinavian art glass, there have been few if any publications devoted exclusively to Swedish glass made from 1930-1970, and none that have attempted to provide the collector with the background needed to fully understand the forces that determine prices in this market. The author sets forth a concise history of the two major Swedish glass producers during their peak decades, identifies those artists and designs that are of primary importance, and assigns estimated values to these works. The focus of this work is on limited production, "high end" designs, rather than on the commercial output of these firms." "The text is illustrated with color photos from the author's own outstanding collection as well as a number of illustrations supplied by Bo Knutsson Art & Antiques, perhaps Sweden's leading dealer in 20th century Swedish glass."--BOOK JACKET.

"Despite the high level of collector interest in modern Scandinavian art glass, there have been few if any publications devoted exclusively to Swedish glass made from 1930-1970, and none that have attempted to provide the collector with the background needed to fully understand the forces that determine prices in this market. The author sets forth a concise history of the two major Swedish glass producers during their peak decades, identifies those artists and designs that are of primary importance, and assigns estimated values to these works. The focus of this work is on limited production, "high end" designs, rather than on the commercial output of these firms." "The text is illustrated with color photos from the author's own outstanding collection as well as a number of illustrations supplied by Bo Knutsson Art & Antiques, perhaps Sweden's leading dealer in 20th century Swedish glass."--BOOK JACKET.

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Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Acknowledgments (p. 7)
  • Introduction (p. 9)
  • Practical Aspects of Collecting Swedish Glass (p. 13)
  • Setting the Stage: Orrefors Under Simon Gate and Edward Hald (p. 21)
  • The Birth of the Modern: Orrefors in the 1930s (p. 31)
  • Orrefors and Kosta in the 1940s (p. 59)
  • Kosta Under Vicke Lindstrand, 1950-1970 (p. 73)
  • Orrefors in the 1950s and 1960s (p. 87)
  • Epilogue (p. 103)
  • Future Price Trends (p. 107)
  • Notes (p. 109)
  • Selected Bibliography (p. 117)

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