Kosta Boda
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Glassware, Art Glass |
| Founded | 1742 |
| Founder | Anders Koskull, Georg Bogislaus Stael von Holstein |
| Headquarters | Kosta, Småland, Sweden |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Website | kostaboda |
Kosta Boda (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈkǔːsta ˈbûːda]), formerly known as Kosta Glasbruk (IPA: [ˈkǔːsta ˈɡlɑ̂ːsbrʉːk]), is a Swedish glassmaking company that is a well known manufacturer of art glass and tableware. It is located in Kosta, Sweden, which was named for the company. The surrounding region has become known as the Kingdom of Crystal,[1] and is now a tourist site which attracts a million visitors annually.[citation needed]
History[edit]
Kosta Glasbruk was founded by two officers in Charles XII's army, Anders Koskull and Georg Bogislaus Staël von Holstein, in 1742.[2] The name is a portmanteau of the founders' surnames, Ko(skull) + Sta(el) and Boda, which is a company that was merged into Kosta Glasbruk. Having merged with Boda Glasbruk in Emmaboda Municipality, Kosta Glasbruk is active today under the new name of Kosta Boda. It is part of the New Wave Group of companies.[1][3]
Early production consisted of window glass, chandeliers and drinking glasses. From the 1840s, the factory was at the forefront of new trends and technical developments, producing pressed glass, and in the 1880s setting up a new glass-cutting workshop.[citation needed] In 1903, the company merged with the Reijmyre glassworks but both retained their names.[citation needed]
Between 1928 and 1950 Elis Bergh was the artistic director of Kosta Glasbruk. After 1950 and until his death in 1954, he worked as a consultant for Kosta.[4] The company has a history of working with well known artists and designers such as Ewald Dahlskog, Anna Ehrner, Sven Erixson, Vicke Lindstrand (who also served as the company's artistic director from 1950–1973),[citation needed] Tyra Lundgren, Mona Morales-Schildt, Edvin Ollers, Ulrica Hydman Vallien, and Bertil Vallien.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
Objects made by Kosta are in collections such as the Smålands museum, the Victorian and Albert Museum in London, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in the Netherlands, and the Metropolitan Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.[7][11][8][12][13]
Gallery[edit]
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Glassblowing for visitors -
Kosta Boda Art Gallery. -
Kosta Main Street -
Factory grounds -
Stenmagasinet
Notes and references[edit]
- ^ a b Oltermann, Philip (2023-12-23). "Sculptor sues Swedish glassmaker for €1m in test of EU 'bestseller clause'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ http://www.kostaboda.se [1], history section page 1
- ^ "New Wave Group | History". www.nwg.se. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ "Hagbard Elis Bergh, Swedish, 1881–1954". he Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Anna Ehrner – Glass from Kosta Boda". www.mothersweden.com. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ "Ewald Dahlskog | Bowl". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ a b Hydman-Vallien, Ulrica; Kosta Glasbruk, Föralskade Ormar 'Snakes in love' (c. 1985), retrieved 2024-06-15
- ^ a b "Bertil Vallien | MAP III". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ "One Million Dollar Boat. The most prestigious project for Kosta Boda since 1742". News Powered by Cision. 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ "Glass in the Context of Contemporary Swedish Painting, 1918-1930". www.bgc.bard.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ "Kosta Boda". Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ "Unikt glasfynd på Smålands museum" [Unique glass find at Småland's museum]. SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ "Hagbard Elis Bergh, Charm Tumblers, 1939-41". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
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