PAAVO TYNELL (1890-1973)

A rare large desk lamp, 1951-52

Details

PAAVO TYNELL (1890-1973)
A rare large desk lamp, 1951-52
manufactured by Taito Oy, Helsinki, Finland, brass, leather
20 ½ in. high (52 cm.)
twice stamped TAITO

Literature

Teknillisiä Valaisimi, Idman undated sales catalogue, no. 140, n.p., illustrated;
Hundred Years of Finnish Design, from the Rafaela & Kaj Forsblom Collection, exh. cat., Nationalmuseum Design, Stockholm, 2017, pp. 93, 181 for a related model.

Lot Essay

The present lot design, of impressive large size, was conceived for the for the Head Office of the Finnish State Railways Headquarters. The lamp is featured in a rare period photograph of the office interior, and its original drawing is currently held in the archives of the Design Museum of Helsinki. Of this model, which does not appear in the production catalogues amongst the ones available for retail, this is the only example currently identified.

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