Orrefors

Phenomenal 20th-century glass made in Orrefors, Sweden. It is characterized by uncomplicated decoration yet careful interest to engraving detail. The glass can give the observer a feeling of looking at liquid caught in glass. Ariel glass has air bubbles making designs in blankets of colored or uncolored glass. From 1915 to 1917 the painters Simon Gate and Edward Hald developed the Graal process. Colored decorations, in relief, are encased in a coat of colorless, transparent, crystal to make a smooth surface.