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Ivar Ålenius-Björk

(Sweden, 1905-1978)
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759 - 949 EUR
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Ivar Ålenius-Björk
(Sweden, 1905-1978)

A copper and brass wall sconce, Ystad Metall, Sweden, 1939-41.

For two candles, stamped IÅB Ystad Metall SWEDEN. Height 37 cm, width 19.5 cm, depth 7.7 cm.

Exhibitions

This early variant of model 921 in copper was exhibited at the World's Fair in New York in 1939.

Literature

Catalogue, "Ystad Metall", 1941, p. 16. The model is also listed in the 1942 catalogue, but only in brass.

Jonas Barros Eriksson, "Ystad-Metall 1919-1969", Bokförlaget Arena 2020, see p. 166.