Chandelier by Paavo Tynell for sale
Item ID: 314976
Item Description
Paavo Tynell chandelierTaito OY
Finland, c. 1950
brass, frosted glass
18 w x 18 d x 29 h inches
Signed with impressed manufacturer's mark to fixture: [Oy Taito AB 9029].
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Design History
Designer: Paavo Tynell (Finland , 1890 - 1973 )
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Auction closes: 2012-05-17 @ 18:00 CET Remind me
SOLD
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Designer
Paavo Tynell Paavo Tynell was chief designer at lighting company Taito Oy. Tynell among other things collaborated with architect Alvar Aalto on fixtures for the Paimio sanatorium, Savoy restaurant, and Viipuri library. His massive lighting chandeliers dominate the entry to Eliel Saarinen?s red brick railway station, and his sconces and ceiling fixtures are a striking part of the décor in the Sokos Hotel lobby and its time-warp penthouse lounge, Café Vakuuna, which have not been redecorated, thankfully, since 1952. Toward the end of his career, Tynell spent time in New York, where his later designs ? mostly simply shaped desk and pendant lamps of brass, with light-transmitting perforations ? were sold by Finland House and Lightolier. In 1955, he designed lighting for the office of the Secretary General in the United Nations building. But tough economic conditions in 1950s Finland led to Taito Oy?s being swallowed up by a conglomerate before folding altogether in 1965. Tynell's pieces today attract an international clientele of collectors, and prices of his most important pieces have soared during the 2000s.
