Flygande mattan Engraved Bowl with Saucer

Edward Hald, Orrefors

Engraved decoration of a stylized female figure on a flying carpet. Signed Orrefors Hald 149. 25R. Engraved in 1925 by Rune Pettersson. Bowl width: 21.5 cm. Bowl. Saucer. Edward Hald (1883-1980) came to Orrefors in 1916, the year after Simon Gate, and became at least as important a factor for the glassworks' success as Gate. They were like a Janus face for Orrefors, always mentioned in the same breath, but were completely opposite natures. Hald once wrote in his diary: "We had the same tasks and goals, but in different temperaments and means of expression. Our work was a constant interaction." If Gate was classically oriented and liked to be inspired by the lushness of the Baroque, then Hald was the modernist, who had exhibited with artists such as Grünewald, Sigrid Hjertén and GAN. Edward Hald's engraved glass was decidedly more modern compared to Gate's, and in one of his most famous works, "Bollspelande flickor", the inspiration from Matisse was clear. The Graal glass also interested Hald, who during the 30s developed the so-called fish Graals and aqua Graals, where fish and seaweed float around, enclosed in a green-toned glass