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A Pair of Paavo Tynell Floor Lamps Model 9628 in Brass and Rattan, Taito 1950s

Creator: Paavo Tynell
Offered by: Haddadin Design

Description
A pair of gracefully slim floor lamps with a solid brass shade and a rattan wrapped stem. These lamps harmoniously combine the coldness of brass and natural warmth of rattan to create a design that can enhance the finest of interiors, private or public.

Standing at around 145cm, the visor is adjustable and can be directed in any direction desired. This feature and the height makes it perfect for reading spaces. Beautiful lamps that will fill their spaces and won't be intimidated by any armchair they might be placed next to.

These beautiful pieces hold the Taito stamp and retain all original parts excluding the renewed wirings. The brass parts have a beautiful natural patina although they have been polished at some point in their history, and the rattan still holds the original lacquered surface.

Perfect beauties that compliment any interior.

We also have a few of the same model lamps that we are selling individually.

Paavo Tynell (1890–1973) was a Finnish designer who is well renowned around the world for his incredible lighting fixtures and lamps. Tynell is known as the man who “illuminated Finland” and his works can be found in numerous public offices and buildings such as the Finnish Parliament House and the office of Secretary-General of the United Nations in New York.

Tynell started as a sheet metal worker´s apprentice at G.W.Sohlbergs workshop in 1906. After that he moved to Taidetakomo Koru Oy in 1912, which was a metal workshop specializing in electric light fixtures. Then Paavo studied at the Central School of Applied Arts in Helsinki and after that he taught in it too. Paavo then founded Taito Oy in 1918 with a number of colleagues. Taito produced a number of other items other than just light fixtures in the early years, however the main focus became lamps after Finland adopted the use of electricity. By the 1930s Finnish households started buying light fixtures as the use of electricity became more common. In the 1920s Taito`s main sales were still mostly public commissions, for example the Paimio Sanatorium which was designed by Alvar aalto.

After WW2 and the quite challenging shortage years in Finland, Tynell finally had his major breakthrough. His style became quite distinctive and was mainly aimed at the U.S. markets. He sold both catalogue lamps as well as commissioned works through Finland House in N.Y. Although his late 1940s-1950s style was widely criticized at first in Finland, he stuck to it, and luckily so. It wasn´t long before his lamp fixtures became Finland House´s best selling product. Nowadays Tynells high end lamps fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars worldwide, and deservingly so. His commisioned lamps number in the thousands, and unfortunately not all documents or archive materials are intact

More Information

Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (similar item)
Notes:	Documented in catalogs (refer to pictures).
Origin:	Finland
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Brass, Rattan
Condition:	Good. Overall good vintage condition consistent with age and use.
Creation Date:	1950s
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Mid Century, Scandinavian Modern
Incollect Reference #:	778291