An archival collection of interiors featuring lighting designed by Paavo Tynell — restaurants, hotels, clubhouses, churches and homes, from the 1930s to the 1960s.
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Restaurant Kaupunginkellari, Helsinki City Hall, 1947. Lighting by Paavo Tynell.
Photo: Foto Roos / Helsinki City Museum.
Restaurant Kaupunginkellari, Helsinki City Hall, 1947. Lighting by Paavo Tynell, furniture by Lasse Ollinkari.
Photo: Constantin Grünberg / Helsinki City Museum.
Restaurant Kaupunginkellari, Helsinki City Hall, 1947. Lighting by Paavo Tynell, ceramic relief "Kauppatori" by Michael Schilkin.
Photo: Foto Roos / Helsinki City Museum.
Honkapirtti festival hall, Enso-Gutzeit clubhouse, Lappeenranta, 1965. Paavo Tynell "Snowflake" ceiling lights (1947), tapestry by Greta Skogster-Lehtinen.
Photo: Kosken Kuvaamo / Lappeenranta Museums (CC BY 4.0).
Honkapirtti festival hall, Lappeenranta, 1965. Paavo Tynell "Snowflake" lights.
Photo: Kosken Kuvaamo / Lappeenranta Museums (CC BY 4.0).
Mother's Day celebration at Honkapirtti, Lappeenranta, 1961. Lighting by Paavo Tynell.
Photo: Kosken Kuvaamo / Lappeenranta Museums (CC BY 4.0).
Honkapirtti, Lappeenranta, 1961. Lighting by Paavo Tynell.
Photo: Kosken Kuvaamo / Lappeenranta Museums (CC BY 4.0).
Restaurant Itämeri, Lounais-Suomen Maalaistentalo, Turku, c. 1950. Interior by Carin Bryggman, lighting by Paavo Tynell / Taito.
Turku City Museum.
Hotel Merihovi, Kemi, probably its opening in 1949. Lighting by Paavo Tynell.
Photo: Väinö Pekkala / Kemi Historical Museum (CC BY-ND 4.0).
Taito Oy stand at an electrical trade fair, 1936.
Photo: Aarne Pietinen / Finnish Heritage Agency (CC BY 4.0).
Apartment of Elsi-Maj and Paul Nordman, Pohjois-Haaga, Helsinki, 1957, with a Taito ceiling light, possibly by Paavo Tynell.
Photo: Teo Jästerberg / Helsinki City Museum.
1950s Finnish interior. Wall lamp by Paavo Tynell, ceiling lights by Lisa Johansson-Pape, Marimekko Unikko curtains.
Photo: Seppo Konstig / Finnish Heritage Agency (CC BY 4.0).
Hetta Church, Enontekiö, altar fresco by Uuno Eskola, Tynell lighting.
Photo: Mauno Mannelin / Lapland Provincial Museum (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
Paavo Tynell lighting available at Well Finnished
Paavo Tynell model 9045 for Taito, circa 1950
Paavo Tynell ceiling lamp model 1959 for Taito, circa 1950
Paavo Tynell ceiling lamp model 1355 by Taito, 1940s
Paavo Tynell "Starry Sky" model 9068 for Idman