Designer:
Alvar Aalto
Year: 1939
Brass plated steel / white plastic cable
Chrome plated steel / white plastic cable
White painted steel / white plastic cable
Black painted steel / black plastic cable
Inside painted white
Light fixture plug
Plastic cable, 250 cm
9W, E27 (compact fluorescent)
40W, E27 (incandescent)
Aino and Alvar Aalto were commissioned in 1936 to design the interior of the Savoy Restaurant in Helsinki. Made from a single piece of brass, the elegant Golden Bell was a part of the restaurant’s interior. It was shown in the Finnish Pavilion of the Paris World Expo in 1937.