A ceiling light "Asplund", design Gunnar Asplund for Ateljé Lyktan, Åhus, Sweden, late 20th century.
Diameter ca 47 cm. Total höjd ca 130 cm.
Minor wear. Electrical function not tested.
Pendelarmaturen Asplund är ursprungligen formgiven av Gunnar Asplund 1922, för Skandiabiografen i Stockholm.
Gunnar Asplund is considered one of the most significant and leading architects during the interwar period, both in Sweden and internationally. Asplund is seen as one of the foremost representatives of 1920s Nordic classicism, with the Skandia Theatre (1922) and the Stockholm Public Library (1928) as prominent examples. He was also one of the pioneers of functionalism, which he introduced in Sweden with the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930, where he was the chief architect.
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