Pair of wall lights by Carl Fagerlund for Orrefors 1970s

Magnificent pair of wall sconces by Carl Fagerlund for Orrefors. Sweden, 1970s. Brass structure, supporting a sublime diffuser made of thick, blown and decorated Murano glass. Excellent condition, some signs of age, nothing to report. Fast and careful shipping. Carl Fagerlund: Many museums, churches, and major corporate headquarters house the works of Scandinavian modernist lighting designer Carl Fagerlund. Initially an illustration professor, Fagerlund transitioned to the world of lighting in the 1940s with the advantage of an artist's eye. Today, his table lamps, chandeliers, sconces, and other lighting fixtures enrich homes and continue to captivate collectors worldwide. In the early 1940s, Fagerlund taught drawing to aspiring artists at Solbacka läroverk, a Swedish private boarding school modeled after successful institutions of its kind in the United Kingdom. Soon after, he took a job designing provocative sconces and other wall-mounted fixtures in brass and textured glass for a Stockholm manufacturing company called ASEA (Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget, or General Swedish Electricity Limited Partnership). However, Fagerlund is best known for his work at Orrefors Glassworks, a legendary glassworks in Småland that achieved worldwide renown after exhibiting a range of decorative objects and art glass at the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts—the major design fair that brought Art-Decor to worldwide attention. C. Fagerlund joined Orrefors in 1946 and, for more than three decades, designed pendant lamps, recessed lighting, a range of Murano glass works, and other richly complex mid-century modernist lighting.