PAAVO TYNELL (1890-1973)

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Lot 176 | PAAVO TYNELL (1890-1973)
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PAAVO TYNELL (1890-1973)
'Snowflake' Chandelier, Model No. 9014 from the 'Fantasia' Series, designed circa 1948
manufactured by Taito Oy, Finland for Finland House, New York
brass, lacquered brass, metal mesh, copper wire
with 72 'snowflakes'
42 in. (106.7 cm) high, 27 in. (68.5 cm) diameter
impressed TT TAITO MADE IN FINLAND 9014




Provenance

Private Collection, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1997-1998



Literature

D. Cooper, "Interiors-An Opportunity for Craftsmen," Craft Horizons, New York, vol. 8, no. 22, August 1948, p. 15 (for a related example)
J. Royère, "Notes de voyage d'un décorateur français en Scandinavie," Le Décor d'aujourd'hui, Paris, no. 53, 1949, p. 30 (for related examples)
"Luminaires finlandais dessinés par Paavo Tynell," Le Décor d'aujourd'hui, Paris, no. 53, 1949, pp. 60-61 (for related examples)
Finland House Lighting, harmony in lighting for harmony in living, original designs by Paavo Tynell, sales catalogue, New York, pp. 11, no. 10106
Idman, sales catalogue, no. 142, 1958, np.
M. Eidelberg, Design 1935-1965: what modern was: selections from the Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection, exh. cat., Musée des arts décoratifs de Montréal, Montréal-New York, 1991, p. 256
V. Linna, Paavo Tynell, Chasing Light, Helsinki, 2020, pp. 36-37, 96
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