PAAVO TYNELL (1890-1973)

The present lot is a rare custom-order example delivered to the Enso Gutzeit Club House, Honkapirtti, Imatra, Finland, completed by the architect Wäinö Gustaf Palmqvist in 1947. Featuring an interior entirely clad in pine, the soft hue and subtle graining of the timber was accented by a small group of custom Tynell-designed lighting ordered in 1947 from Taito Oy. From the vaulted interior of the main hall hung three monumental Snowflake chandeliers, each with multiple cascading brass snowflakes above a cluster of amber glass shades, which, when sold at auction in December 2018 realised a combined total for the three that was in excess of 1 million euros, asserting the importance of this Tynell commission. The present floor lamp, of stylised snowdrop form, was the only example of a lamp of this design to be released for sale from the club house.