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"tombstone": "Zebra Vase, 1939. Victor Emanuel Lindstrand (Swedish, 1904\u20131983), Orrefors Glasshouse (Swedish, est. 1898). Graal glass; diameter: 15.8 cm (6 1/4 in.); overall: 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1939.676",
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"title": "Zebra Vase",
"creation_date": "1939",
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"creation_date_latest": 1939,
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"gender unknown"
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"technique": "graal glass",
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"department": "Decorative Art and Design",
"collection": "Decorative Arts",
"type": "Glass",
"measurements": "Diameter: 15.8 cm (6 1/4 in.); Overall: 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.)",
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},
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"inscriptions": [
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"inscription": "Inscribed: \"Orrefors-Sweden Ariel 115 Lindstrand - 39\"",
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],
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"current": [
{
"id": 212305,
"title": "The Brilliance of Swedish Glass, 1918-1939: An Alliance of Art and Industry",
"description": "The Brilliance of Swedish Glass, 1918-1939: An Alliance of Art and Industry. Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture (organizer) (November 20, 1996-March 2, 1997).",
"opening_date": "1996-11-20T00:00:00"
},
{
"id": 313463,
"title": "Color and Comfort: Swedish Modern Design",
"description": "Color and Comfort: Swedish Modern Design. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 11, 2019-February 10, 2020).",
"opening_date": "2019-02-17T05:00:00"
}
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"did_you_know": "This vase is Graal glass, a popular art glass technique in the 1930s known for trapping color between layers of clear glass.",
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"description": "Victor Emanuel \u201cVicke\u201d Lindstrand\u2019s award-winning designs are most often associated with the intricate Graal glass technique, in which different layers of glass are molded together. Lindstrand\u2019s objects were displayed internationally, including at the 1939 New York\u2019s World Fair, the same year as this Zebra Vase was produced and acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Art.",
"external_resources": {
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"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80013711"
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"citations": [
{
"citation": "Huldt, A\u030ake. Konsthantverk och hemslo\u0308jd i Sverige 1930-1940. Gothenburg, Sweden: Bokfo\u0308rmedlingen, 1941.",
"page_number": "Rep. 98 (Pl. II)",
"url": null
},
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"citation": "Ericsson, Anne-Marie, Derek E. Ostergard, and Nina Stritzler-Levine. The Brilliance of Swedish Glass, 1918-1939: An Alliance of Art and Industry. New Haven, CT: Published for the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts by Yale University Press, 1996.",
"page_number": "Discussed: Pg. 297, Reproduced: Pg. 297 (Cat. No. 145)",
"url": null
},
{
"citation": "Hawley, Henry H. Glass Today: American Studio Glass from Cleveland Collections. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1997.",
"page_number": "Reproduced and mentioned: fig. 8, p. 15",
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}
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"creditline": "Dudley P. Allen Fund",
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"biography": "Initially trained in graphic design at Gothenburg\u2019s Konstindustriskolan (School of Arts & Crafts), Vicke Lindstrand began designing for Orrefors Glasshouse (est. 1898) in 1928. By 1930 his modernist inspired designs were praised at the Stockholm Exhibition. Lindstrand went on to display his designs at the world\u2019s fairs in Paris (1937) and New York (1939). In the mid-1930s Lindstrand began designing ceramics for various Swedish porcelain manufactories such as Upsala-Ekeby (1886-1980).",
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"biography": "Established in 1898 in the Swedish region, Sm\u00e5land, Orrefors became the most prominent producer of Swedish modern art glass in the 20th century. At the height of Orrefors\u2019s popularity in the 1930s through 1960s, the firm\u2019s designers boasted prestigious awards from many world\u2019s fairs. The firm is associated with the development of the Graal and Ariel glass techniques, both considered distinctly Swedish styles of art glass. Since 1997, the firm has operated under the Danish design manufacturer, Royal Scandinavia. The Sm\u00e5land-based manufacturer closed in 2013.",
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"updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:48:03.873000"
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