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Kantarelli, vase

IITTALA, Iittala (manufacturer), Tapio WIRKKALA (designer)
Kantarelli, vase
(Chanterelle)
 designed (1946); manufactured (1946-1951)

Medium
glass (wheel-engraved)

Measurements
13.6 × 9.9 × 10.8 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1952
© Tapio Wirkkala/KUVASTO, Helsinki. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia

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Gallery location
Mid 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International

 

About this work

Tapio Wirkkala’s designs often translate natural forms into pure and elegant contours. The Kantarelli vases, based on the simple form of a chanterelle mushroom, were among the most popular designs introduced by Wirkkala. They were in production from 1946 until 1960 and have since become icons of Finnish glass art of the 1950s. Wirkkala won a Grand Prix award for this design at the 1951 Milan Triennale, the first year that Finland participated following the Second World War.

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Iittala, Finland

Inscription
engraved in inside rim of base: TAPIO WIRKKALA . IITTALA

Accession Number
1209-D4

Department
International Decorative Arts

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited

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