& Simon Gate, a ceiling lamp from Tändstickspalatset (The Matchstick Palace), Nordiska Kompaniet & Orrefors, ca 1928.
Nickel-plated frame, opal glass shade. Height 44 cm, diameter 41.5 cm.
Tändstickspalatset (The Matchstick Palace), Stockholm.
The building was commissioned by the "Match King" Ivar Kreuger (1880–1932) as the headquarters of the Swedish match company Svenska Tändsticks AB. It was designed by architect Ivar Tengbom (1878-1968) and built from 1926 to 1928.
The present fixture hung in the lunchrooms of Tändstickspalatset.
Arvid Bæckström & Ivar Tengbom, "Svenska Tändsticks Aktiebolagets Huvudkontor Stockholm", Nordisk Rotogravyr 1931, model illustrated on p. 101-102.