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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