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Alvar Aalto Angel Wing Floor Lamp in White & Leather A805, Valaistustyö 1950s
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Description
One of the most iconic lamps by Alvar Aalto, this impressive “Angel Wing” lamp was designed by Aalto in 1954 for the National Pensions Institute in Helsinki. The large asymmetrical wingshape shade is formed from painted metal strips. The brass stem has a black leather hand woven wrap that also covers the foot of the stem and gives a beautiful contrast in material and colour to the shade. This particular lamp is an early version by Valaistustyö and stamped on the stem. The shade retains the original paint, the stem the original leather, and the brass parts the original lacquer. A really beautiful piece of design.
Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) is a world famous architect and designer. He was well known for designing his own line of furniture and lighting for the numerous buildings that he designed worldwide. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles, glassware, sculptures and paintings. He never regarded himself as an artist, seeing painting and sculpture as branches of a tree that stem from architecture.
Aalto's career from the 1920s-1970s is reflected in the styles of his work, ranging from Classicism to Modernism and to an organic style from the 1940s onwards. Aalto and his wife Aino were famous for not only designing the buildings, but the interior surfaces, furniture, lamps and even the glassware for those buildings. Aalto's furniture designs are Scandinavian Modernism at its best, especially his technical innovations on the bent plywood furniture, which in turn had a great impact on Mid-Century Modernist furniture.
Aalto's works are highly sought after and some fetch record prices in auctions and the design world. Of course his works are also widely collected and can be found in numerous private collections and famous museums. - More Information
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