Retro lamp Carl Thore Trava 1960



Vintage Design from 1960
 
A Scandinavian pendant
Made of metal
Designed by Carl Thore
Model Trava
Orange lacquered interior
Very beautiful light diffusion

Price: 150,00€
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The cable of this item may be original and might need replacement, if not specified otherwise. Contains ceiling plug.
 
Creator:                                Carl Thore
Design Period                      1960 to 1969
Production Period              1960 to 1969
Country of Manufacture  Sweden
Identifying Marks               This piece has no attribution marks
Style                                        Vintage, Mid-Century, Scandinavian Modern
Detailed Condition             Good — This vintage item remains fully functional, but it shows sign of age through                                                       scuffs, dings, faded finishes, minimal upholstery defects, or visible repairs.

This piece is in working order.

Restoration and Damage Details          
Light wear consistent with age and use, Patina consistent with age and use

Materials                              Metal
Color                                      Orange, silver
Cable color                           White
Height                                    7.9 inch
Diameter                              11.8 inch
 
Shipping & Delivery
Ships from                            Finland
Shipping price:                    extra cost
 
Sigurd 'Carl Thore' Lindkvist was born in 1916 in Åmål, Sweden. Lindkvist worked for the lighting firm Luko, before joining Granhaga Metallindustri AB in 1961 as Head of Sales and Lighting Design. Lindkvist apparently adopted the pseudonym Carl Thore when he was presenting his lights to a client. Not wanting to reveal to the customer his identity as a designer, Lindkvist used his two middle names instead. The lights were labeled ‘Carl Thore Design’ from then on.  Lindkvist remained with the company until he retired in 1981.
 
In the postwar era, Scandinavian designer-architects explored new ways in which they could defuse and redirect light. Lindkvist falls into the category of designers producing minimalist, sculptured Space Age table lamps, wall lights, and pendants, especially in copper, aluminum, brightly-colored glass, and plastic. In fact, much like Poul Henningsen’s PH Lamp Series (from 1925) for Louis Poulsen, Lindkvist created a series of layered shades—known officially as concentric parabolic-section cowls—to spread the light while concealing the lightbulb for his appropriately named Trava Lamp (1960s), meaning 'Stack' in English. This glare-free approach was perfect for the reduction of the harsh, glaring bulbs available at the time of production.
Today, the Trava Lamp is the most popular and widely distributed of Lindkvist’s Carl Thore lamp designs, as well as his best-known design today. The lamp appears in many guises, as it was produced with several variations of style, size, and color. It was mainly sold in Sweden through the Swedish Consumer Cooperative chain of shops known as KF Interior, but it was also exported to Denmark, the UK, the Netherlands, and even as far as South Africa.
 
Recently, the production of Carl Thore Design has often been misattributed to the Danish modern lighting manufacturing company Fog & Mørup. This is most likely because Lindkvist’s designs clearly reference Fog & Mørup’s head designer Jo Hammerborg’s (1920-1982) Nova Pendant Light (1963).
 
Lindkvist’s date of death is unknown, as are the details of his other designs for Granhaga.