Tilgmans table lamp ceramic Sweden 1960s he challenged long-standing design conventions

he challenged long-standing design conventions with new ideas about shapes

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Tilgmans table lamp ceramic Sweden 1960s he challenged long-standing design conventionsSwedish ceramic table by Tilgmans Keramik. Exterior glazed to depict fishes and seaweed. Good condition. Without lampshade. Diameter : 13 cm Height : 30 cm. Paul Harald Tilgmann was born in Dresden, Germany in 1904 and emigrated to Sweden during WWII where he started Tilgmans Keramik (= Ceramics) in 1948 in the small town of Utbyns close to Gothenburg. Tilgman had 16 employees working for him and when he hired the Polish refugee Marian Zawadzki (1912