Blown Glass Vase by Pierini, 1989

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Small blown glass vase by Robert Pierini eb 1989.

Represented in the collections of glass, design and arts and crafts … more Small blown glass vase by Robert Pierini eb 1989.

Represented in the collections of glass, design and arts and crafts museums in France, Italy and Germany, Robert Pierini began his career at the Verrerie de Biot with Eloi Monod, before co-founding a workshop in Montauroux then to inaugurate his own in the old oil mill in Biot.
A friend of the Studio Glass Movement, the master glassmaker has chosen to turn away from tableware in favor of unique pieces, vases, bottles and other sculptures. After an initial period of classically inspired vases, he reduced his palette with his vases with feet and necks connected by a cord.
Chosen to represent France at the Grand Salon des Métiers d'Art in Tokyo in 1984, he was inspired by the finesse of Japanese patterns, which would lastingly modify its forms. Nicknamed “the great glass couturier”, Robert Pierini invented the blown pleated-draped glass technique less