Paavo Tynell Nine Arm Perforated Brass Chandelier Model 1994/9, Taito 1950s

A sizable ceiling light by Paavo Tynell with nine hanging perforated brass pendants connected at the top with a brass central piece with radiating arms of different lengths. The pendants themselves hang at different heights and can also be adjusted through the cord length.

It is an example of Paavo Tynell's genious as a designer yet again. In this model ceiling lamp one can have as little as 2 hanging shades or as many as 12. We have seen this model with 3, 6, 7, 9 and 12 hanging shades. Of course the 12 shade version is just huge, and requires a big living room.

These lamps are suitable for private homes as well as public buildings and offices or hotel lounges and similar areas. The light filtering through the holes in the brass gives a sense of warmth and cousiness.

In case yoy are looking for more than one lamp or a different number of pendants, we have another one coming on sale soon. We can customize it with 100% original parts anywhere frim 9 to 12 hanging pendants. Tvese lamps were manufactured by Taito in the early 1950s.

Paavo Tynell (1890–1973) was a Finnish designer who is well renowned around the world for his incredible lighting fixtures and lamps. Tynell is known as the man who “illuminated Finland” and his works can be found in numerous public offices and buildings such as the Finnish Parliament House and the office of Secretary-General of the United Nations in New York.

Tynell started as a sheet metal worker´s apprentice at G.W.Sohlbergs workshop in 1906. After that he moved to Taidetakomo Koru Oy in 1912, which was a metal workshop specializing in electric light fixtures. Then Paavo studied at the Central School of Applied Arts in Helsinki and after that he taught in it too. Paavo then founded Taito Oy in 1918 with a number of colleagues. Taito produced a number of other items other than just light fixtures in the early years, however the main focus became lamps after Finland adopted the use of electricity. By the 1930s Finnish households started buying light fixtures as the use of electricity became more common. In the 1920s Taito`s main sales were still mostly public commissions, for example the Paimio Sanatorium which was designed by Alvar aalto.

After WW2 and the quite challenging shortage years in Finland, Tynell finally had his major breakthrough. His style became quite distinctive and was mainly aimed at the U.S. markets. He sold both catalogue lamps as well as commissioned works through Finland House in N.Y. Although his late 1940s-1950s style was widely criticized at first in Finland, he stuck to it, and luckily so. It wasn´t long before his lamp fixtures became Finland House´s best selling product. Nowadays Tynells high end lamps fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars worldwide, and deservingly so. His commisioned lamps number in the thousands, and unfortunately not all documents or archive materials are intact