%C2%A9 Sylvia Stave
Cocktail shaker, c. 1930-1940
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Sylvia Stave was one of the most original of Swedish designers in Stockholm in the 1930s.
Working predominantly in pewter, brass, silver plate and, occasionally, silver, Stave’s designs
for domestic wares—pitchers, teapots, vases, cocktail glasses—were distinguished for their
purity of form, geometric volumes and functionalist aesthetic. From the outset of her career,
until she gave it up ten years later, Stave was celebrated, her work featured in exhibitions at
home, across Europe and the United States. Yet she was entirely forgotten in the decades to
come until 1989, when the Italian design firm Alessi reproduced her cocktail shaker in
stainless steel, misattributing it, however, to the Bauhaus designer Marianne Brandt whose
designs in the 1920s were distinguished for their spare geometries and machine aesthetic.
Details
- Title
- Cocktail shaker
- Artist Life
- 1908 - 1994
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2019.17.2a-c
- Curator Approved
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