Champagne glass XXL
Artist: BOREK SIPEK (1949-2016) Czech Republic/Germany
Model: Driade
Material: lead crystal hand-blown
Series: ENRICO IV
Type: Champagne glass
Collectors item
Unique piece, from the Enrico production
Design: around 1989
Dimensions: approx. Ø 14 x H 24,5 cm
Facts about the artist. (Source Wikipedia)
- Name: Bořek Šípek
- Born in the Czech Republic in 1949, died in 2016
- Profession(s): architect and designer
- Also called father of the neobaroque
- Knight of the French Order of Arts and Letters
- His architectural works and other designs are known worldwide. He had offices in Amsterdam, Prague and Shanghai.
- Under the presidency of Václav Havel, he was the architect of Prague Castle.
- In Maastricht, he designed a glass sculpture at the entrance to the Maastricht University Library.