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Basket Vase

Basket Vase

Pallme König & Habel

"The shape and layering of materials in this vase draw attention to the process of its construction. The exterior surface of the low, oval-shaped basket of green glass has been overlaid with a crisscrossed pattern of dark purple glass bands. As the vessel and decorative banding cooled at different rates, pockets of green glass expanded to fill the spaces between the purple bands. Along the undulating top rim of the basket, the glassmaker cut two thin strips of glass, one on either side. Looping these backward and then refastening them to the vase, the strips were fashioned into irregularly shaped handles at the far ends of the vessel." (Skrypzak, Design Vienna 1890s to 1930s, no. 30)
Artist
Pallme König & Habel
(Austrian, late 19th-early 20th century)
Title
Basket Vase
Date
ca. 1900
Medium
Iridescent glass
Dimensions
3 9/16 x 8 15/16 x 5 3/8 overall
Credit
Gift of Barbara Mackey Kaerwer
Accession No.
2012.32.23
Classification
Glass
Geography
Austria

Related

Ca. 1968, acquired by Barbara Mackey Kaerwer (Eden Prairie, MN); 8 November 2012, gifted to the Chazen Museum of Art

  • Skrypzak, Joann. "Design Vienna 1890s to 1930s," Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 2003. p. 64, no. 30

  • Design, Vienna 1890s-1930s: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/26/2003–6/29/2003

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