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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.
Orrefors is a part of the Swedish glassworks group Orrefors Kosta Boda AB.




History



Orrefors glassworks was 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 Knut Bergkvist and his nephew Eugen, who had worked at Kosta Glasbruk 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.
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. A major influence of theirs was the Art Nouveau work of the French artist Émile Gallé. 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 1925 Paris Exhibition.
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. 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.
Since 2013, the building has been home to the "Per Ekström Museet", an art museum.




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Designers at Orrefors


Knut Bergqvist 1914-1929
Heinrich Wollman 1914-1923
Gustav Abels 1915-1959
Eva Jancke-Björk 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 Öhrström 1936-1958
Fritz Kurz 1940-1946
Carl Fagerlund 1946-1980
Ingeborg Lundin 1947-1971
Gunnar Cyrén 1959-1970, 1976-
Jan Johansson 1969-
Börge Lindau 1970-
Bo Lindekrantz 1970-
Peter Mandl 1970-
Styrbjörn Engström 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-Göran Tinbäck 1982-1983
Mats Borgström 1984-1990
Helén Krantz 1988-2005
Vivianne Karlsson 1989-1993
Lena Bergström 1994-
Per B Sundberg 1994-
Martti Rytkönen 1994-
Ingegerd Råman 1999-
Karl Lagerfeld 2010-2019




References






External links


Official Orrefors website

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