my repro
i think mine might be a repro, as there appear to be some differences between mine and yours.
1. the ring at the top and bottom, to which you can attach extenders, is narrower in width than the rings for the glass holders. in my case, they are also more rounded, whereas the holder rings are flattened. from what i can see in your pictures, the widths appear to be the same.
2. the glass holders are also quite different. rather than the bubbles/ pebbled-like surface in ones i've seen online, my holder are clear glass above, with parallel etched lines below.
that said, the age is appropriate. i found them in the trash at a home at which i purchased a sven ellekaer coffee table. the woman said that her mom had brought both over when she emigrated to the u.s., and that she had grown up with both pieces. the coffee table had had its glass surface replaced, due to damage in an earthquake (in san fran), so maybe the holders were damaged and replaced too?
well
I was never able to find any repo's. I figured if there was such a thing I would have been able to find an irate posting, etc. somewhere. Nope.
What I do find inconsistent are those glass inserts. All of the versions I have seen have had inserts that look like mine.
The iron work, though, looks spot on to me mostly. I think it passes the squinted eye test.
There does seem to be some variability on these. I'd keep looking and I'd stay cautiously optimistic.
thanks
for the encouragement and your input (and for peoples' patience in my somewhat highjacking this thread). i agree, the thing that is most "off" are the inserts. i'll do as you suggest and keep looking. regardless, it is beautiful and will remain in my living room. on to the next find!
what makes
you think they are not legit Hoglund? How do they differ? I am 99% sure mine is legit based on comparison to the real deal and that they belonged to the parents of the couple I bought it from who apparently had quite a collection of nice MCM stuff...
but a label would have been sweet
Waffle-I didn't mean to...
Waffle-I didn't mean to suggest that yours or anybody else's were repros or fakes. I just suspect that the Hoglund attribution is incorrect.
A while back I asked on here something about a different candelabra that I own, also iron and glass, which is marked Ystad Metall. That piece is commonly attributed to Hoglund, and I just assumed it was Hoglund, but someone on here from Sweden told me that it was an incorrect attribution and that the piece was by Gunnar Ander. And stylistically, it made perfect sense (just doesn't look like Hoglund's work), on top of the fact that Hoglund is associated with Boda/Axel Stromberg, and this piece was from Ystad.
That got me thinking about the chandelier, which is always attributed to Hoglund. But it doesn't look mucj like his other chandeliers, and also if it were Hoglund you'd think it would be made by Boda/Axel Stromberg, but it wasn't (mine was still labeled when I got it), so I just suspect it's a misattribution. But I don't know for sure about any of this..I'm .just guessing!
Bo Ström / Bo-Ström
Gene, I was the one replying to your thread about Högström/Ander.
This piece I'm not sure about, although the design is very familiar to me. I don't think it's Höglund, but I'm not an expert. It just doesn't strike me as very typical of his style. My guess is that it was produced in the late 70 - mid 80's. The producer Bo-Ström or possibly Bo Ström (could both be a first and a surname or just a surname when combined), is unknown to me and I've only been able to find a few more designs from this company, none being as nice as this chandelier.
btw, the sticker says that the metal has been covered in some kind of coating and should not be polished.
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