Orrefors On Sale
Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Glass
Art Glass
Vintage 1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Art Glass
20th Century Swedish Crystal Serveware
Crystal
1990s Swedish Modern More Candle Holders
Glass
Late 20th Century Swedish Crystal Serveware
Crystal
Vintage 1980s Swedish Hollywood Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
Vintage 1980s Swedish Hollywood Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
Vintage 1980s Swedish Hollywood Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Blown Glass, Sommerso
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Art Glass
Vintage 1970s Swedish Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Brass
1990s American Modern Vases
Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Vintage 1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Glass
Art Glass
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Crystal, Metal
Vintage 1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Glass
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Candlesticks
Crystal
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Bowls
Crystal
Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Glass
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Cut Glass
Vintage 1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Crystal
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Crystal
Vintage 1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal, Brass
20th Century Crystal Serveware
Crystal, Lead
Late 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern More Candle Holders
Crystal
Vintage 1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal, Brass
Vintage 1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Art Glass
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Brass
Vintage 1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Crystal, Brass
Late 20th Century Swedish Hollywood Regency Vases
Crystal
Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Glass
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Glass
Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Glass
Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Glass
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Blown Glass, Sommerso
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Bowls
Art Glass
Vintage 1980s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass
Vintage 1960s Swedish Space Age Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Copper
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Bowls
Art Glass
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Crystal, Brass
Vintage 1970s Swedish Modern Barware
Crystal
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Crystal
Vintage 1970s Swedish Decorative Bowls
Art Glass
Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Art Glass
Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Blown Glass
Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Glass
Art Glass
Vintage 1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Art Glass
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Brass
Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Blown Glass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Brass
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Orrefors On Sale For Sale on 1stDibs
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Orrefors for sale on 1stDibs
The Swedish design philosophy of “beautiful things for everyday life” is actualized in the vintage glassware of Orrefors. Founded in 1898, this glass manufacturer was one of the leading companies in the Scandinavian modernism movement and is revered by collectors for the fine craftsmanship and innovation of its superlative art glass.
Orrefors began making art glass — works that, distinct from mass-production pieces, are made in small numbers to showcase the skills and talents of artists and artisans — in 1913. Two of the first artists hired by the firm were Simon Gate and Edward Hald, who worked initially in the organic Art Nouveau style, and later proved adept with the geometric imagery of the Art Deco period.
Hald and Gate worked closely with glassblowers to refine traditional glassmaking methods, creating new materials such as "graal" glass. In the graal technique a design made with colored glass is encased in layers of transparent glass, preserving the image while the overall glass form is worked and shaped. Orrefors won an international following when it presented such pieces in Paris in 1925 at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes — the design fair whose name gave rise to the term Art Deco.
In the years following that success, Orrefors attracted more dynamic and experimental artists such as Vicke Lindstrand and Edvin Ohrström, who joined the company in the 1930s. Lindstrand and Ohstrom worked with glassblowers to create the "ariel" glass technique, an innovation that produces deeper, richer imagery that seems to morph and flow as light is refracted by the glass.
As you will see from the items offered on 1stDibs, there is a special aesthetic quality to vintage Orrefors glass. Whether a vase or a set of wine goblets, the work of this premier Swedish company represents the apex of functional artistry.