Swedish Grace Brass and Glass Table Lamp, Sweden, 1920s

Rare brass and glass table lamp made by Karlskrona Lampfabrik in the late 1920s. The lamp has a typical production four digit number that Karlskrona used for its different models. This lamp is made in with very high quality casting, please look at the flower pattern at the base. The lamp has a very nice shade, made of hand blown double layer art glass with opal white inside. The dimensions are 42 cm in height and the shade has a diameter of 21.5 cm. The base of the foot measures 11.5 cm across. Swedish Grace was a brief yet substantial moment that emerged in the 1920’s and came to represent a brilliant mix of classicism and architectural details. Architecture, interior design, and crafts were defined by simplified shapes and purity of composition -- a huge step away from nationalism and Jugendstil. A young and talented generation of architects and designers looked back to classicism and their own Nordic traditions, and created an incredibly modern vernacular style characterized by timeless proportions, luxuriously superb handcraft, and playful details. Swedish Grace had multi-layered objectives; while maintaining a social agenda, it appealed to the cultural and economic elite of the day through the production of high quality design. EU standard.