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"Para & Ovio" Liqueur Glass

Designer Achille Castiglioni Italian
Manufacturer Bruno Danese Italian
1983
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: "Para & Ovio" Liqueur Glass
  • Designer: Achille Castiglioni (Italian, 1918–2002)
  • Manufacturer: Bruno Danese (Italian)
  • Date: 1983
  • Medium: Glass
  • Dimensions: 3 × 2 in., 0.2 lb. (7.6 × 5.1 cm, 0.1 kg)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Gift of Jacqueline and Bruno Danese, 1988
  • Object Number: 1988.184.10
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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