Pendant Lamp by C. Thore for G. Metallindustri

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About This Piece

Vintage Design

A beauteful vintage copper coloured ceiling lamp that provides a pleasant light.
with white metal, and a white plastic grid. Lacquered on the inside.
A nordic design from Carl Thore.
Sweden, 1970s
By Carl Thore for Granhaga Metallindustri

Carl Thore is the pseudonym of Sigurd Lindkvist, a Swedish designer born in 1916 in Åmål. He is best known for his innovative lighting designs, especially during his time at Granhaga Metallindustri, where he started working 1961. Lindkvist adopted the name Carl Thore when he presented his lamps to a customer and wanted to keep his identity as a designer a secret.

His most famous work is the Trava lamp, which is characterized by its layered shades that diffuse the light and hide the bulb. This design was particularly popular during the 1960s and 1970s and was sold both in Sweden and internationally.

Granhaga Metallindustri was a Swedish company founded in 1921 and became known for its production of high-quality lamps and lighting fixtures. Granhaga collaborated with several prominent designers, including Carl Thore (Sigurd Lindkvist), who created some of their most iconic lamps.

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Creator	Carl Thore
Manufacturer	Granhaga Metallindustri
Design Period	1970 to 1979
Production Period	1970 to 1979
Country of Manufacture	Sweden
Identifying Marks	This piece has an attribution mark
Style	Vintage
Detailed Condition	Good — This vintage/antique item may have some wear such as scratches and other signs of ageing.
	A professional electrician has confirmed this piece is in working order.
Restoration and Damage Details	Light wear consistent with age and use, Patina consistent with age and use
Product Code	JZC-1987734
Materials	Metal, Plastic
Color	Copper, white
Height	15 cm 15 cm
Diameter	40 cm

Shipping & Delivery

Ships from	Sweden
Returns	Returns accepted within two days of delivery, except for Made-to-order items

Delivery Details

Delivery will be completed by a parcel service such as UPS, DHL, or FedEx.
You will receive a tracking number to monitor the status of your shipment.
Delivery will take place between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.
A wooden crate may be used for intercontinental shipments for maximum protection.
Item will be left in its packaging after delivery.
A signature will be required upon delivery.

*Important Note

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About the Maker

Granhaga Metallindustri

Swedish modernist lighting manufacturer Granhaga Metallindustri was founded at the end of World War II (ca. 1947) by Sven Persson in Töreboda, Sweden. While its products included a variety of lighting fixtures, the firm was best known for its Sigurd Lindkvist line of layered, biomorphic pendants, which Lindkvist himself (under the pseudonym, “Carl Thore”) designed over his twenty-year tenure as Granhaga’s Head of Sales and Lighting Design.

Lindkvist’s time at Granhage, which began in 1961, coincided with an era of rich innovation in Scandinavian lighting design when architect-designers like Poul Henningson, Hans-Agne Jakobsson, and Jo Hammerborg were exploring new approaches to light diffusion. Lindkvist’s work for Granhaga took on a decidedly Space Age aesthetic, slightly more flamboyant than the products of contemporaneous Swedish lighting manufacturers, such as Hans Bergström’s and Svend Aage Holm Sørensen’s minimalist-industrial lamps for ASEA in the 1950s and 60s.

Favoring novel forms, Lindkvist created an array of otherworldly fixtures that emitted light with the bulb concealed—table lamps, wall lights, and pendants sheathed in sleek, multi-layered shades in copper, aluminum, brightly-colored glass, and plastic.

Most iconic and lucrative for the Granhaga were Lindkvist’s Trava Pendants (ca. 1960s-1970s). Often misattributed to Fog & Mørup—possibly because they look a bit like Jo Hammerborg’s Nova Pendants(1963)—Trava Lights feature soft, warm, diffused, and multi-toned light and were produced in several iterations of material and size.

Granhaga rode the heels of Lindkvist’s success—which included international reach within the markets of Europe and South Africa—into the 1970s. In 1979, the company merged with Folke Hermansson and Hugo Andersson’s Hermanders Metallindustri AB to become Nordsales Granhaga AB. After Lindkvist’s retirement in 1981, the company suffered a swift decline, eventually filing for bankruptcy in 1989.