"Music" Covered Cup
During the 1910s and 1920s a classical revival dominated Scandinavian design. Danes and Swedes in particular made a push to develop their decorative arts industries, focusing their efforts on elegant and artistically conceived designs that would appeal to middle-class consumers. Stylistic unity characterizes their work, and the movement has come to be known as New Classicism or Nordic (or sometimes more specifically Swedish) Grace.
Artwork Details
- Title: "Music" Covered Cup
- Designer: Edward Hald (Swedish, Stockholm 1883–1980)
- Manufacturer: Orrefors Glasbruk
- Date: 1926
- Medium: Glass
- Dimensions: overall: 14 × Diam. 4 3/8 in., 1.8 lb. (35.6 × 11.1 cm, 0.8 kg)
a - cup: 8 1/4 × Diam. 4 3/16 in., 1.1 lb. (21 × 10.6 cm, 0.5 kg)
b - cover: 5 3/4 × Diam. 4 3/8 in., 0.7 lb. (14.6 × 11.1 cm, 0.3 kg) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Purchase, Edward C. Moore Jr. Gift, 1927
- Object Number: 27.96.2ab
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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