Folke Bensow
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a cast iron garden table 'Trädgårdsmöbeln Näfverqvarns n:r 10'.
Lacquered with silver paint. Length 113,5 cm, width 64 cm, height 73,5 cm.
The slab top with a crack, wear.
Provenance
Böksjö, Kolmården, Östergötland.
Literature
Tidskriften Svensk Form, Stockholm 1926, booklet nr 5 5 'Näfveqvarns-gods' pp 109-127.
Otto Schulz (ed), Tidskriften BOET, 1931, Fil Dr Sten Karling 'Konstnärligt gjutjärn från Näfveqvarns Bruk'.
Christian Björk, 'Näfveqvarns Bruk - Konstnärer och arkitekter till industrin', Stockholm 2013, pp 123‑125 and 164.
Designer
Folke Bensow was a Swedish architect and designer. From 1915 to 1930, he ran his own architectural firm in Stockholm and also worked as a furniture designer for, among others, Näfveqvarn.
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