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Product sheet 'Savoy' vases, model no. 9750

Architonic-ID:  4104479
Designer:
Alvar Aalto
Manufacturer:
Karhula Glassworks
 
The "Savoy," or model no. 9750, was designed in 1936 as part of the Eskimoerindens skinnbuxa series. The production was moved to Iittalla in 1949 and since then, the vases have been produced using a cast-iron mold.

Blown molded glass in "Rio brown" and "azure" (2)
each: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm) high

Literature:
ALVAR AND AINO AALTO AS GLASS DESIGNERS, Savypaino, 1988, reprinted 1996, cat. no. 46
Pirkko Tuukkanen, ALVAR AALTO DESIGNER, Vammala, 2002, p. 196
estimated value: 
18.000-22.000 US$
 
Auction: 
19-20th Century Design Art

Sales date: 2002-12-11
location: New York
Lot number: 50
 
Auction House:
Phillips, de Pury & Company
Address:

Phillips, de Pury & Company


United States

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