Carl Fagerlund Bubble Crystal Glass And Brass Sconce, For Orrefors

– country: Sweden – year: 1960s – design: Carl Fagerlund – manufacture: Orrefors – series: Venus – material: full lead crystal glass, brass – power source: hardwired – power: max 40W – lightbulb size: E14 – colours: transparent, golden – dimensions: width: 15cm | depth: 12cm | height: 26cm – condition: perfect vintage condition, excluding a small chip on the edge of the lampshade at the top Carl Fagerlund was a distinguished Swedish lighting designer whose work helped shape modern Scandinavian illumination design in the mid-twentieth century. Born in Kalmar, he studied drawing and design at the Higher School of Art and Design in Stockholm, graduating in 1943. After a brief period as a drawing teacher, he joined the lighting department at ASEA in Stockholm in 1944, before becoming lighting architect at Orrefors Glassworks in 1946, a position that would define his career. Fagerlund exhibited widely throughout Europe, with presentations in London, Paris, Berlin, Milan, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Lund and Kalmar. In 1957 he received a silver medal at the 11th Triennale in Milan, confirming his international standing in the field of lighting design.