Description:

Simon Gate for Orrefors, vase, "Tusen fönster" (Thousand Windows).

Heavy vase in clear crystal glass from the Tusen fönster series with cut rectangular facets that refract the light like many small windows. Art deco. Unsigned.

Origin: Sweden.
Designer: Simon Gate.
Material: Crystal glass.
Dimensions: H. 20 cm, D. 11 cm.
Period: 1940s.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor signs of wear.

Bio:
Simon Gate (1883–1945) was a Swedish glass artist and painter. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm and joined the Orrefors glassworks in 1916, where he became one of the leading artists together with Edward Hald. He helped develop the Graal technique and is known for his elegant, often cut and engraved glass in a classicist and art deco style.