Helena Tynell Suspension Bubble XL Glashütte Limburg Germany 1960

Helena Tynell Bubble suspension light by Glashütte Limburg Germany 1960. Brass frame, amber glass shade, adjustable height of approximately 40 cm without the cord. Good vintage condition. Helena Tynell was a famous Finnish glass artist, described as a pioneer of Finnish glass art. She began her career in 1943 designing for Arabia, a major Finnish manufacturer of household goods and ceramics. She also worked for Taito (designers), a design office partly owned by her future husband and fellow designer, Paavo Tynell. In 1946, having decided to devote herself exclusively to glass, Tynell left Arabia to join a major Finnish glass manufacturer of the time, Riihimäki Glass, where she remained for most of her career and created many of her most notable designs. In 1976, she moved to Germany, where she designed for Glashütte Limburg, among others, until her retirement in the early 1990s. She was interested in glass sculpture, experimenting with abstract forms and other artistic activities, using both casting and blowing as well as other techniques. She exhibited widely in Finland and around the world. Her works are part of the permanent collections of the Design Museum in Helsinki, the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, and the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY, USA.