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Table lamp model B 275 designed by Hans-Agne Jakobsson for Markaryd, Sweden, 1960s. Brass and white lacquered metal. Stamped. H: 70 cm Diameter of the base: 26 cm Diameter of the...

Floor lamp ‘Bridge’ designed by Severin Hansen Jr. for Haslev Möbler, Denmark, 1950s Beech. This Danish floor lamp ‘Bridge’ was designed by Severin Hansen in the 1950s. The white s...

Table lamp model 2434 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1939. Polished and lacquered brass, a leather-clad stem with a textile shade. Stamped. Josef Frank was a tr...

Table lamp model 2552 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s Stamped. Brass and textile. Josef Frank was a true European, he was also a pioneer of what would beco...

Pair of ceiling lamps ‘Beehive’ model A332 designed by Alvar Aalto for Valaistustyo, Finland, 1952. Painted aluminum and polished brass. Stamped. H: 30 c...

Pair of table lamps model 2552 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s Stamped. Brass and textile. Josef Frank was a true European, he was also a pioneer of what w...

Ceiling lamp, anonymous, Sweden, 1930s. Glass and nickel-plated brass.

Table lamp model 9224 designed by Paavo Tynell for Taito Oy Denmark, 1940s Stamped. Leather and polished and perforated brass.

Floor lamp model 2564 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s White lacquered brass and lacquered paper H: 150 cm /4' 11" Diameter: 34 cm / 13 1/2" This elegant bra...

Carl-Harry Stålhane Ceiling light designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s. Porcelain.

Pair of table lamps model 2466 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s. Brass, lacquered brass and original fabric shades. Stamped. Josef Frank was a true European...

Pair of wall lights model 2389 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s. Polished brass. Josef Frank was a true European, he was also a pioneer of what would become ...

Floor lamp ‘Bridge’ designed by Severin Hansen Jr. for Haslev Möbler, Denmark, 1950s. Beech and plastic shades. This Danish floor lamp ‘Bridge’ was designed by Severin Hansen in th...

Set of four pendants, anonymous, for Lyfa, Denmark, 1950s. Brass and opal glass. Pendant height: 38 cm Pendant diameter: 18 cm

Floor lamp, anonymous, Sweden, 1970s. Brass, cane and opal glass.

Table lamp, anonymous, Denmark, 1960s. Brass. H: 61 cm Base diameter: 21.5 cm Shade diameter: 31 cm

Pair of floor lamps model G-075 designed by Eje Ahlgren for Bergboms, Sweden, 1960s. Brass. Stamped. H: 125 cm W: 23 cm D: 28 cm

Table lamp B-075, designed by Eje Ahlgren for Bergboms, Sweden, 1960s Polished brass. H: 50 cm Diameter: 23 cm

Ceiling lamp model 532 designed by Hans-Agne Jakobsson for AB Markaryd, Sweden, 1960s Stamped. Metal and glass. Total height: 102 cm Pendant height: 37 cm Diameter: 22 cm Active ...

Table lamp ‘Conetto’, by Ezio Didone for Arteluce, Italy. 1990s. Murano glass and bakelite. Measurements: H: 27.5 cm / 10 3/4'' D: 18 cm / 7''   

Ceiling lamp, anonymous, Finland. 1960s. Painted metal and acrylic. Dimensions: H: 42 cm/ 16 1/2'' W: 61 cm/ 24'' L: 61 cm/ 24''

Ceiling lamp designed by Alvar Aalto for Idman, Finland. 1950s. Lacquered metal. Dimensions: H: 21 cm / 8 1/8" W: 115 cm / 3' 9 1/8" D: 33 cm / 8 1/8" Provenance: From Stora Enso's...

Ceiling lamp designed by Alvar Aalto for Idman, Finland. 1950s Lacquered metal. H: 21 cm / 8 1/8" W: 115 cm / 3' 9 1/8" D: 33 cm / 8 1/8" Provenance: From Stora Enso's head office...

Floor lamp “K10-2″designed by Maria Lindeman, Finland. 1950s. Polished brass and black lacquered metal. Dimensions: H: 140 cm / 4' 7" D: 22 cm / 8.7"

Pair of wall lamps, anonymous, Denmark, 1950s. Brass. The small bullet-shaped lampshades of these smart brass lamps are exceptional examples of Danish lighting design. Their patina...

Floor lamp model G-075 designed by Eje Ahlgren for Bergboms, Sweden, 1960s. Brass. This floor lamp, made with a fully adjustable shade, was manufactured in brass by Bergboms and de...

Floor lamp model G-075 designed by Eje Ahlgren for Bergboms, Sweden, 1960s. Brass. Stamped. H: 125 cm W: 23 cm D: 28 cm

Ceiling lamp designed by Hans Bergström for Ateljé Lyktan, Sweden, 1970s. Brass and opal glass. H: 34.5 cm D: 48 cm

Floor lamp model 376 designed by TH. Valentiner for Poul Dinesen, Denmark. 1960s. Nickle plated brass. Dimensions: H: 145 cm / 57" Branc...

Ceiling lamp Garbo designed by Mariyo Yagi for Sirrah, Italy 1980s Lacquered steel and synthetic fringes. Measurements: W: 112 cm/ 40'' L: 162 cm/ 5' 3 3/4'' D: 12 cm/ 4 3/4''

Set of three ceiling lamps/chandeliers, anonymous, Finland. 1960´s. Brass. Dimensions: H: 166 cm/ 5' 5 1/3" B: 52 cm/ 1' 8 1/2" D: 3 cm/ 1 1/5"  

Floor lamp anonymous, Sweden. 1920's. Carved gilded wood and brass with original two piece silk shade. H: 245 cm/ 8''   

Nickel-plated brass and original frosted painted glass. Provenance: From a private Danish collection. Example made in the mid 1930s. Poul Henningsen’s lamp designs are characteris...

Floor lamp designed by Paavo Tynell for Taito Oy, Finland, 1940s One of the best-loved and most acclaimed Finnish designers – Paavo Tynell was born in Helsinki, Finland, in 1890. He...

Floor lamp model 9621 designed by Paavo Tynell for Taito Oy, Finland, 1940s. Brass, slatted wood shade, leather. Stamped 9621. From a private Finnish collection. Paavo Tynell is ...

Ceiling light model A 335 designed by Alvar Aalto for Valaisinpaja Oy, Finland. 1952. Brass and lacquered metal. Measurements: Height of the shade: 40 cm/ 15 3/4'' Total height: 65...

Ceiling lamp designed by Ilmari Tapiovaara, Finland. 1955. Copper. Unique. Provenance: Villa Rauma-Repola, Rauma, Finland. L: 158 cm/ 5' 2 3/4'' W: 139 cm/ 4' 7 1/4'' H: 121 cm/ ...

Table lamp model AJ designed by Arne Jacobsen for Louis Poulsen Entwurf, Denmark. 1957. Chrome-plated metal. Early model without on / off switch. Adjustable shade. H: 53 cm / 1' ...

Floor lamp model A809 designed by Alvar Aalto for Valaistustyö, Finland. 1959. Lacquered steel, brass and leather. Dimensions: H: 170 cm/ 5' 7 1/4'' W: 60 cm/ 2' D: 40 cm/ 15 3/4''...

Pair of wall lamps, designed by Alvar Aalto for Valaistustyö, Finland, 1950s Brass and lacquered steel. Very rare example. Dimensions: Total depth: 50 cm / 1' 6 1/2" D: 30 cm / 9 ...

Ceiling lamp model A332 “Beehive” designed by Alvar Aalto for Valaistustyo, Finland, 1953. Painted aluminium and polished brass. Early six tier version. Stamped, 'VAlAISTUSTYO A33...

Ceiling lamp, model A203, designed by Alvar Aalto for Valaistustyö, Finland, 1940s. Lacquered metal and brass. H: 123 cm / 4' 1/4'' Height of pendant: 20 cm / 8'' W: 68.5 cm / 2' 3...

Ceiling lamp, model A203, designed by Alvar Aalto for Valaistustyö, Finland, 1940s. Lacquered metal and brass. H: 123 cm / 4' 1/4'' Height of pendant: 20 cm / 8'' W: 68.5 cm / 2' 3...

Chandelier model 341 designed by Erik Höglund for Boda, Sweden, 1960s. Wrought iron and glass. Dimensions: H: 170 cm / 5' 7'' Diameter: 40 cm / 15 3/4''

Ceiling lamp model A332 “Beehive” designed by Alvar Aalto for Valaistustyo, Finland, 1953. Painted aluminium and polished brass. Early six tier version. Stamped, 'VAlAISTUSTYO A33...

Table lamp model 2434 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1939. Polished and lacquered brass with fabric shade. Dimensions: H: 58.5 cm / 1' 11" W: 18 cm / 7" D: 52 cm...

Ceiling lamp designed by Alvar Aalto for Idman, Finland. 1950's. Lacquered metal. Dimensions H: 21 cm / 8 1/8" W: 115 cm / 3' 9 1/8" D: 33 cm / 8 1/8" Provenance: From Stora Enso'...

Table lamp designed by Tore Kullander, Sweden 1930s. Pewter and brass with a textile shade. Measurements: H: 51 cm / 1' 8 3/4" Diameter: 26 cm / 10 1/4"

Ceiling lamp anonymous, Denmark 1960s. Brass and glass. Bought from Illums Bolighus, Copenhagen. Diameter: 65 cm/ 2' 2'' Height: 60 cm/ 2' Diameter of the shades: 9 cm/ 3 3/4'' H...

Ceiling lamp PH 4/4 designed by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen, Denmark. 1930's. Nickel plated brass and original glass. Measurements: D: 40 cm/ 15 3/4''

Floor lamp, anonymous, Sweden. 1960's. Glass Measurements: H: 90 cm/ 2' 11 1/2"

Brass and lacquered brass. Provenance: Näsby Slott, Täby. Active between the 1950s and 1970s—in the golden age of Scandinavian design—Swedish interior decorator and furniture desig...

Floor lamp model 572 designed by Hans-Agne Jakobsson for Markaryd, Sweden, 1950s. Lacquered metal and teak. Stamped. H: 125 cm / 4’ 1’’ Shade D: 19 cm / 7 1/2’’ Base D: 2...

Ceiling lamp designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1954. Stoneware. Measurements: H: 52 cm/ 1'9" D: 20 cm/ 8". Carl-Harry Stålhane (1920-1990) was born in the to...

Brass. Table Lamp Model 2552 Designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s Measures: H 49.5 cm Josef Frank was a true European, he was also a pioneer of what would become classic 20th century Swedish design and the “Scandinavian Design Style”. Austrian- born Frank started his design career as an architect after having trained at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna between 1903 and 1910. After his training he went on to teach at Kunstgewerbeschule (The Viennese School of Arts and crafts) where he developed and espoused the new school of modernist thinking towards Architecture and Design that was coming to fruition in Vienna at the time. He also went on to lead the Vienna Werkbund throughout the 1920s. This was a truly progressive group of Architects and Designers who set about improving the daily lives of Austrian people through modernist design and architecture in partnership with Arts and Crafts ideals and construction. Frank’s leadership of the Werkbund had already cemented his place at the forefront of European design. Frank’s time in Vienna was typified by his design for the “Die Wohnung” exhibition of the Deutscher Werkbund in Stuttgart, 1927 where he exhibited along side his contemporaries at the forefront of design, such as the likes of Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius. Here he showed a specially designed pair of flat-roofed reinforced concrete houses in what is now seen as a typical modernist style. What separated Frank’s house from the other 32 houses of the exhibition was the interior and furniture inside the building. It was described as “Neo-Classical” and filled with an eclectic mix of period pieces, modern design and pieces designed by Frank himself that seemed to cross the two worlds. This was a complete opposite direction to that which his fellow Architects were travelling in with their pared back and angular aesthetics. Frank said of his own work: “The house is not a work of art, simply a place where one lives,” and by this reasoning Frank rejected the regimental mechanisation of the living space that his contemporaries believed in, instead he set about creating congenial and spontaneous interiors. Frank’s practice saw him placing the bright colours and the soft forms of nature back into the furnishings and interiors that he thought modernism sorely mist. Frank, along with Oskar Walch set up Haus und Garten in Vienna in 1925. This was Frank’s first commercial foray into furniture and home furnishings and the company went on to become the most influential furnishing house in Vienna with a riotous depth of colour and interesting shapes becoming the trademark of their design. However this success was to come to an end with rise of Nazism in Vienna in the early 1930’s. Frank was Jewish, and he and his wife Anna decided they would leave Vienna for her motherland: Sweden, in 1933. Frank continued to design for Haus and Garten, visiting Vienna occasionally and designing the pieces that would continue to be the company’s best...

Table lamp model 2468 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s. Brass with cotton shades. Stamped. Model 2468 is a delightful brass table lamp with three small shades in green, yellow, and red. The lamp has an elegant brass base with three stems that hold the shades at different heights. Because of its tricolour shades, it is known as the “traffic light lamp”. Designed by Josef Frank in the 1950s, this lamp has become a timeless Svenskt Tenn collectable. H: 54 cm W: 42 cm Shade D: 15 cm Josef Frank was a true European, he was also a pioneer of what would become classic 20th century Swedish design and the “Scandinavian Design Style”. Austrian- born Frank started his design career as an architect after having trained at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna between 1903 and 1910. After his training he went on to teach at Kunstgewerbeschule (The Viennese School of Arts and crafts) where he developed and espoused the new school of modernist thinking towards Architecture and Design that was coming to fruition in Vienna at the time. He also went on to lead the Vienna Werkbund throughout the 1920s. This was a truly progressive group of Architects and Designers who set about improving the daily lives of Austrian people through modernist design and architecture in partnership with Arts and Crafts ideals and construction. Frank’s leadership of the Werkbund had already cemented his place at the forefront of European design. Frank’s time in Vienna was typified by his design for the “Die Wohnung” exhibition of the Deutscher Werkbund in Stuttgart, 1927 where he exhibited along side his contemporaries at the forefront of design, such as the likes of Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius. Here he showed a specially designed pair of flat-roofed reinforced concrete houses in what is now seen as a typical modernist style. What separated Frank’s house from the other 32 houses of the exhibition was the interior and furniture inside the building. It was described as “Neo-Classical” and filled with an eclectic mix of period pieces, modern design and pieces designed by Frank himself that seemed to cross the two worlds. This was a complete opposite direction to that which his fellow Architects were travelling in with their pared back and angular aesthetics. Frank said of his own work: “The house is not a work of art, simply a place where one lives,” and by this reasoning Frank rejected the regimental mechanisation of the living space that his contemporaries believed in, instead he set about creating congenial and spontaneous interiors. Frank’s practice saw him placing the bright colours and the soft forms of nature back into the furnishings and interiors that he thought modernism sorely mist. Frank, along with Oskar Walch set up Haus und Garten in Vienna in 1925. This was Frank’s first commercial foray into furniture and home furnishings and the company went on to become the most influential furnishing house in Vienna with a riotous depth of colour and interesting shapes becoming the trademark of their design. However this success was to come to an end with rise of Nazism in Vienna in the early 1930’s. Frank was Jewish, and he and his wife Anna decided they would leave Vienna for her motherland: Sweden, in 1933. Frank continued to design for Haus and Garten, visiting Vienna occasionally and designing the pieces that would continue to be the company’s best sellers long after Frank was forced to hand the company over in 1938 after the Third Reich annexation of Austria. When Josef and Anna had moved to Sweden Frank had struck up a working relationship with Design shop owner Estrid Ericson. Ericson was the proprietor of Svenskt Tenn that at this point was a successful interiors shop in Stockholm with the royal warrant of appointment to the Swedish Royal Household. In 1935 Frank had become the chief designer for Svenskt Tenn and had set about putting all of his creative effort into his designs for the company. At the World Expositions in Paris in 1937 and New York in 1939 the world saw for the first time the wealth of products that Frank had been working on, ranging from candlesticks to cabinets, there was not a domestic object that Frank had not subjected to his colourful, comfortable and organic style of Modernism. Frank’s new school of Modernism championed ideas such as chairs having a freeing, open back and that “If one desires the room to be comfortable…all pieces of furniture should allow for a free view of the separating line between the floor and the wall. A cabinet without legs breaks this line and thus reduces the feeling of space.” A world-wide audience tired of classic Modernism’s furniture with solid planes and aggressive forms leapt upon these ideas and Franks natural and bright designs for Svenskt Tenn became internationally desired. Frank created over 2000 designs for Svenskt Tenn and his products continue to be the core of their brand. Frank’s rejections of tubular metal and heavy lacquers within his furniture have insured his unique light form of Modernism continues to influence and flourish today. His natural toned mahogany and walnut pieces along with his tactile leather covered and brightly shaded lighting still bring the forms of nature back into the home. Original Frank pieces are now increasingly rare, highly desirable and are the epitome of “Scandinavian Design”. Renowned Designer and Academic Isle Crawford...

Table lamp model 2466 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s. Brass with fabric shade. Stamped. An understated and tim...

Sweden, 1960’s Leather stand, canvas lamp shade. Marked “Bergbom G 08” Measurements: W: 45 cm / 17 ¾’’ L: 146 cm / 4' 9". Bergboms—also known as Bergb...

Lacquered metal and leather. Measurements: H: 38 cm/ 15" D: 38 cm/ 15" W: 36 cm/ 14 1/8" Alvar Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture...

Shade white painted steel. Base and shaft covered with black leather. Polished brass fittings. Measurements: H: 170,5 cm/ 5' 7 5/8'' W: 35 cm / 13 3/4'' D: 52 cm/ 20 1/2'' Alvar A...