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Wooden pendant and wall lamps in the 1958 Raak catalogue
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Hans-Agne Jakobsson T 526 Chandelier
Materials: Green painted metal frame and curved rods. 6 clear crystal glass lampshades. 6 E14 sockets.
Cord Length: 80 cm / 31.49”
Height: 31 cm / 12.20”
Width: ∅ 36 cm / 14.17”
Electricity: 6 bulbs E14, 6 x 40 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, not a specific one preferred.
Period: 1960s – Mid-Century Modern.
Designer: Hans-Agne Jakobsson in 1964.
Manufacturer: Hans-Agne Jakobsson AB, Markaryd, Sweden.
Other versions: This Hans-Agne Jakobsson T 526 chandelier exists in several versions. The bigger model is T 527.
Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Hans-Agne Jakobsson was a Swedish interior and furniture designer, born in Hvadhem on Gotland, Sweden in 1919. Jakobsson became a cabinetmaker at the age of 18 and later he graduated as an architect in Göteborg. He began as an assistant to Carl Malmsten and Werner West.
After his graduation Hans–Agne Jakobsson started as an industrial designer at General Motors.
In 1951 he founded his own lighting company Hans-Agne Jakobsson AB in Markaryd. He also designed lamps for his 2 other companies: AB Ellysett, also in Markaryd. Lamps completely made of pine wood; it was his first step in the lighting business and his biggest success. SCAN-LIGHT was the third company. SCAN-LIGHT was for the lamps that were mostly made of plastic. It was also located in the same town.
Hans-Agne Jakobsson also had companies abroad: In The Netherlands it was Svera – Hans-Agne Jakobsson Nederland N.V. It was located at The Hague. Other seats from the company were located in Paris, France, Darmstadt, Germany. Barcelona, Spain, Stäfa, Switzerland, Oslo, Norway and of course Stockholm, Sweden. There was also a showroom in Toronto, Canada.
Also Koninklijke Philips N.V. and Raak from The Netherlands had several lamps by Jakobsson in their catalogue. Presumably also a few other companies.
Hans-Agne Jakobsson died in 2009 at the age of 90. His closest family are his wife Lisa and their children, Karin and Ola.
Markaryd is an urban area in Sweden with some 4000 inhabitants (2016).
Hans-Agne Jakobsson T 526 chandelier – T 526 & T 527 catalogue picture
