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Nils Fougstedt

(Sweden, 1881-1954)
Estimate
4 000 - 5 000 SEK
368 - 460 EUR
376 - 470 USD
Hammer price
3 500 SEK
Purchasing info
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Karl Green
Stockholm
Karl Green
Specialist Modern and Contemporary Decorative Art & Design
+46 (0)700 07 94 25
Nils Fougstedt
(Sweden, 1881-1954)

a pair of pewter candelabra model "1046", Firma Svenskt Tenn, Stockholm 1929.

Base plate in brass, two candle holders, stamped with the angel mark and the year stamp C8. Height 14.5 cm.

Minor wear.

Literature

Catalogue, "Firma Svenskt Tenn", Nordisk Rotogravyr 1931, model illustrated (n.p.).

More information

Designed in 1929.

Designer

Nils Fougstedt was a Swedish sculptor and designer. Brother of Arvid Fougstedt. Together with Estrid Ericson, he established a workshop for the production of pewter objects in Stockholm in 1924, which became the foundation of the company Firma Svenskt Tenn. For the company, he designed many beautiful works. From the 1920s classicism, he transitioned around 1930 to a moderate functionalism with straight, polished surfaces.

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