Alvar Aalto, a 1960's 'Dobbeltcylinder 16530' för Louis Poulsen Denmark.
Black metal and brass. Label marked. Height of the fixture 34 cm. Diameter 12 cm.
Wear due to age and use. Dent. Electrical function not tested.
Illustrated in Louis Poulsen catalogue 1967.
Alvar Aalto is one of Finland's most prominent architects and designers and one of Scandinavia's biggest proponents of modern architecture and design. Several of the furniture and vases he designed are today considered iconic design classics, including the Savoy vases, the Beehive lamp, and Armchair, model '31'.Alvar Aalto is the most internationally famous Finnish architect and designer. Aalto was a great ambassador for Finnish design at a time when the Finnish people were thinking about how to present themselves to the rest of the world. He gave equal weight to form and function, and was inspired by the Finnish landscape. Aalto is one of the most important representatives of modern architecture and has created its own architecture direction, whose aesthetic effect is based on careful planning of the buildings in relation to the environment, a human dimension and good sense of material.
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