Vintage Pair Swedish Modern Brass & Glass Candlesticks by Hans Agne Jakobsson

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Vintage Pair Swedish Modern Brass & Glass Candlestick Holders by Hans Agne Jakobsson 1950's Beautiful and very hard to find in excellent condition with no chips or cracks to glass takes a tapered candle they have a spring inside to push the candle up as it burns beautiful patina which should polish out just beautifully if new owner wishes Stands about 13" tall and one still has the original sticker to the bottom and the other one has lost its sticker please see pictures and ask any questions as I will do my best to answer Thanks for looking and Swedish interior decorator and furniture designer Hans-Agne Jakobsson was born in Hvadhem/Gotland in 1919. After finishing an apprenticeship as a carpenter, he studied architecture in Gothenburg and began his career as industrial designer at General Motors. Subsequently he became an assistant to the prominent furniture designers Carl Malmsten and Werner West. In 1951 he founded his own company, Hans-Agne Jakobsson AB, at Markaryd. There he not only created lighting design but also candlesticks, pieces of furniture and other implements. Influenced by the nature of his native country, the southern part of Sweden, with its glittering lakes and vast dark woods, Jakobsson occupied himself in imaginative ways with light and illumination, the soft features of the light spectrum. As a talented designer read more