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1972 Pendant Ø90
1972 Pendant
Tynell’s original 1972 pendant featured a shade made from
slats of Finnish aspen. This has been updated to bamboo
– a material that shares the visual quality, durability, and
flexibility of aspen, but which is fast-growing and therefore
more rapidly renewable. Similar to the other Tynell lamps
9205 and 9602, the bamboo slats are hand sewn into a
pleated mat and fastened by hand to the wire frame, with
a linen liner in between. This directs light down towards
the base and creates a diffuse glow around the shade and
upward, as the bamboo slats are penetrated by the light. The
process of weaving the bamboo into this pattern demands a
high degree of specialist skill, requiring two craftspeople to
complete the complicated process of pleating and fastening.
Both canvas and bamboo versions are also available with an
optional brass counterweight for the Ø60cm version (A1967
and A1972). This mechanism – a sign of Tynell’s tremendous
ingenuity as an engineer – allows the user to easily adjust
the height of the lamp via a pulley system, changing the
mood of the room. Made from a single milled brass block, the
counterweight introduces visual balance as well as physical,
acting as a solid counterpoint to the slenderness of the
lamp’s frame and wire.
Both pendants house two bulbs beneath their Ø60cm
shades. For larger rooms requiring a grander statement
centerpiece, a Ø90cm edition of 1972 is available, fitted with
three bulb housings.
A1972 Pendant
1972 Pendant
1972 Pendant Ø90
