a floor lamp model "2426", Firma Svenskt Tenn, mid-20th century.
Brass, three sockets, the base with black leather, on four wooden paws, marked underneath TYP 2426 SVENSKT TENN. Height ca 158 cm.
The electrical function is not guaranteed, later shades.
A family of collectors who during the late 1940s and a bit into the 1950s made many orders, often specially commissioned, at Firma Svenskt Tenn.
Thence by descent to the current owner.
Josef Frank was born in Austria and studied architecture in Vienna. As an architect, he worked with private home areas, villas and apartment buildings. In 1925 he started his own interior design firm Haus und Garten together with two architect colleagues. In connection with the advance of the Nazis, he emigrated to Sweden and was employed in 1934 at Svenskt Tenn. After the outbreak of World War II, Josef Frank, who came from a Jewish family, was forced into exile in New York. At Svenskt Tenn, he made an impact on the product range for four decades; especially when it comes to furniture and fabric prints.
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