A rare Orrefors glass Applet (apple) vase designed by Ingeborg Lundin

A rare Orrefors glass Applet (apple) vase designed by Ingeborg Lundin, designed in 1955, dated 1957, clear glass with cylindrical stem neck, etched Orrefors Expo 32-57 Ingeborg Lundin, 37cm. high

Catalogue notes

The Apple vase was exhibited at the Swedish Art Exhibition H55 in 1955 and also at the Milan Triennale (titled Expo in the catalogue).

Literature

Lesley Jackson The New Look Design in the Fifties, Thames & Hudson, front cover and page 18 an example in green illustrated.

Bauhaus and other Important 20th Century Avant-garde Design, Sotheby's London, 1st November 1996 lot 255 for a comparable vase.

Charlotte & Peter Fiell, Scandinavian Design, Taschen, page 63 for a comparable example illustrated,