Property of A Prominent New York Collection
Paavo Tynell
"Snowflake" Chandelier
Live auction begins on:
June 11, 03:00 PM GMT
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
Bid
180,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of A Prominent New York Collection
Paavo Tynell
"Snowflake" Chandelier
designed circa 1948
model no. 9014 from the "Fantasia" series
manufactured by Taito Oy, Finland for Finland House, New York
brass, lacquered brass, metal mesh, copper wire
31 ½ in. (80 cm) high
27 in. (68.6 cm) maximum diameter
Wright, Chicago, October 10, 2006, lot 359
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Dan Cooper, "Interiors-An Opportunity for Craftsmen," Craft Horizons, New York, vol. 8, no. 22, August, 1948, p. 15 (for a related example)
"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, p. 11, no. 10106
Idman, sales catalogue, no. 142, 1958, np.
Ville Linna, Paavo Tynell, Chasing Light, Helsinki, 2020, pp. 36-37 and 96
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