a pair of brass wall lamps, model "5019", Bröderna Malmströms metallvarufabrik, Malmö 1940s-50s.
Shades in perforated brass, the inside painted white, brass wall bracket. Length from wall ca. 43 cm, height of the shade ca. 15 cm.
Minor wear. Function not guaranteed.
A school in Letsbo, Hälsingland, built in the early 1950s.
Images from Carl Axel Acking's archive at ArkDes. Also depicted in Bröderna Malmströms metallvarufabrik product catalog no. 18, 1940, p. 70.
Carl-Axel Acking (1910-2001) was an architect and designer. Acking is considered one of the most influential designers and architects in Sweden during the 1930s-50s. Acking's furniture and lighting fixtures have been manufactured by, among others, Stockholms Hantverksförening, Svenska Möbelfabrikerna in Bodafors and KF. He also had an important role in Nordiska Kompaniet's furniture department during the 1940-50s, where he designed the iconic 'Trienna' chair, among other things. Acking had an early breakthrough at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1937, and had many prestigious assignments in the following years. Acking was one of the main architects behind the exhibition H55 i Helsingborg and held significant positions within the Swedish architect and design world.
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