Service "Paris", 1936 (design), 1937 (execution)

DesignLudvika Smrčková, Kročehlavy 1903–1991 Praha

ExecutionKristallglashütte Nizbor

MediumClear glass, mould-blown, cut

Height (b)13,2 cm

Diameter (g, h)14,8 cm

Place of originNizbor, Stradonice, Czechoslovakia, Bohemia

Status

on display, room G11

About the workThis service is not based on historical models, but on geometry alone. Its design testifies to the spirit of optimism that gripped the First Czechoslovak Republic between 1918 and 1938. The designer Ludvika Smrčková studied art and mathematics in Prague from 1921 to 1927. At the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Paris in 1925, her cut-glass bowl won a prize. After this, she devoted herself intensively to designing glass. Smrčková worked for several glassworks and was a leading figure in Czech glass design as a whole until 1958.

AccessionGift of Wolfgang Hanck, 2010

Inventory numberGl mkp 2010-219 a-h

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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