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Carl Bergsten
(Sweden, 1879-1935)
Estimate
30 000 - 40 000 SEK
2 630 - 3 500 EUR
2 770 - 3 690 USD
Hammer price
Unsold
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Carl Bergsten
(Sweden, 1879-1935)
probably, a lacquered steel wire 'Butterfly' celing lamp, Sweden, 1920s-1930s.
For three lights, wooden ball to bottom. Height ca 80 cm.
Provenance
Carl Bergsten.
The Bergsten family had this lamp above the dinner table in their apartment at 'Riddarhuset', 'The House of Nobility'. The Bergsten family moved into the western wing in 1930 and remained there until Carl Bergsten passed away in 1935. In an article about the interiors in Vecko Journalen it says that Carl Bergsten designed everything in the dining room.
This lamp was previously sold at Bukowskis' auction 503 in 1997, lot nr 914.