Kosta Glasbruck is one of the oldest glass factories in Sweden. Småland, the south part of the country, is quite famous for glass factories like Orrefors and Boda. The history of Kosta Glasbruck started in 1742, and it has been producing beautiful but daily glass works as well as works for the national events and the royal family.
The below team was producing beautiful champagne glass works which had been used for Crown Princess Victoria’s wedding, when I visited there in Oct, 2010.
What I want to try is the wall decoration.
See? What an amazing!!! It is a little bit impossible (or should I say dangerous?) to furnish such glass works on the wall in Japan because the country is often hit the earthquakes. But is it interesting?
After a lady guided me their factory, she took me to the small exhibition corner where I could see successive works of Kosta. What the most impressive was two glass works which were designed for Stockholmsutställningen 1930 (the Stockholm Exhibition 1930).
Especially the right one was fabulous! The engraving pattern was not originally Swedish, but the technique and the balance were absolutely fantastic! The works were designed by Elis Bergh, in 1929.
Kosta has produced a lot of modern design and most of them are very fashionable. But when you visit there, try to see works that were produced before the WWII. Its world will take your breath away.
See Kosta (Boda) website:
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