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Pitcher designed by Adolf Loos
Adolf Loos was a 20th-century architect who hated ornamentation. He wrote about his disdain for it in a 1908 essay; in English it was translated as Ornament and Crime. This pitcher is a perfect example of Loos’ aesthetic style. Straight lines, simple curves and smooth surfaces. Adolf Loos designed it in 1931 for Viennese glassmakers, [...]
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