Krenit bowls

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Title

Krenit bowls

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Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

Walter Cook recognised these colourful, functional ‘Krenit’ bowls as fine examples of modernism from the mid 20th century. Each was stamped out by a machine press from very thin steel – an innovative manufacturing technique at the time. By the 1950s, the machine had been fully embraced as a means of production. This would not have pleased Walter’s hero, William Morris (1834–96), whose desire had been to uphold the handmade. ‘Krenit’ bowls received a gold medal at the 1954 Milan Triennial Exh...

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Format

Image

Date created

1953-66

Creator

Torben Orskov & Co. A/S / Herbert Krenchel

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/72694

Related subjects

steel / enamel / bowls / metalware / pressing / Modernist / Denmark / Walter Cook

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