Pair of Swedish Mjolby Intarsia Birch Two-Light Sconces antique tiles (1) Width 9

(1) Width 9

Victorian period round majolica plate is moulded with six shell shaped

It was salvaged from a Paris building in the 1970s and is a rare surviving example of the elegance of the time

covered compartment on one side of the open interior

baluster turnings at the bottom

Pair of Swedish Mjolby Intarsia Birch Two-Light Sconces antique tiles (1) Width 9DETAILS This pair of antique, Art Deco era Mjolby sconces is decorated in intarsia veneer in a variety of exotic woods, each with an opposing standing male and female figure with flying birds and brass candlearms. Unmarked. Mjolby Decouperfabrik was established by Knut Werner Dahlstrom and the name was later changed to Mjolby Intarsia in 1917. MAKER Mjolby Intarsia (Sweden, 1917 49) PERIOD Early 20th century DATE Circa 1920 DIMENSIONS (2) Width 10