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Aalto Vase. Bizarrely under the project title “Leather pants of an Eskimo woman” these now legendary organic designs for bowls and vases made of glass were created in the studio of architect Alvar Aalto over 70 years ago. As “Savoy” vases they promptly won first prize in a design competition announced by the “Karhula-iittala” factory at the time. The purpose of the competition was to select the pieces that would represent Finland at the 1937 World’s Fair in Paris. Today it is hard to imagine the waves that the “Savoy” vase once made. When iittala presented the vases at the 1937 World’s Fair in Paris their mysterious shape was in complete contrast to the accepted machine-made thinking of the time. Every Aalto vase is still mouth-blown at iittala today. Here iittala can rely on the competence and expert knowledge of its skilled workers who conscientiously take care of the individual shape of each flower vase: It passes through no less than seven hands before the vase has earned the name of its designer Alvar Aalto. What inspired the creator at that time to the wave-like form of his vase objects remains unfathomable – but coincides perfectly with Alvar Aalto’s general statement that “form is a mystery”. The different prices of the vases do not only result from the different widths and heights of the vase objects but also from the use of special materials/colour pigments to maintain the transparency.
- Made in Finland
- Made from mouth blown glass
- Features a stylish modern design
- Hand wash only
- Presented in an Iittala box