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621 - Paavo Tynell, Wall Sconce
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CHF 8,000 - 12,000 (€8,600 - 13,000)Sale fees
Paavo Tynell, Wall Sconce Finland, 1940s. Designed and manufactured around 1940 by Taito Oy, Finland. Model for the Suurhokki restaurant in Helsinki. One of only three known examples ever produced. Dark-patinated brass. Wavy, horizontal lamp arm attached to the side of a vertical rod. Metallic, chalice-shaped lamp socket. Bulbous lampshade made of colorless glass with an opal-yellow undercoat. Between the lamps, bouquets of delicate, arched steel wires. Height: 167 cm, width: 325 cm. - Signs of age and wear. Patina worn. Provenance: - Original furnishings of the Suurhokki restaurant, Helsinki (circa 1940). - Pierre Bergé & associés auction, Brussels, April 3, 2011, Lot 117 - In a private collection in Basel ever since.
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