plate
- Museum number
- 2014,8024.299
- Description
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Plate, matt opal glass, mould-blown in a wooden mould, square-shaped with cut-off corners, with central round depression.
- Production date
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1954 (designed)
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1955 (produced)
- Dimensions
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Length: 13.80 centimetres
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Width: 13.80 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
- This rare plate, prototype no. K303/54, was designed by Aalto in 1954. It was produced by Iittala in the same year for an exhibition at the NK department store, Stockholm, but was not put into large-scale production. Some small batches were produced later, usually for Artek. For further references to and illustrations of this model, see the following publications:
S. Grönstand et al., 'Alvar and Aino as Glass Designers' (Iittala Glass Museum, Sävypaino, 1988), no. 61.
P. Tuukkanen (ed.), 'Alvar Aalto Designer (Alvar Aalto Museum, Ram Distribution, 2002), p. 209.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2014
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 2014,8024.299