Josef Frank
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a painted cabinet, Svenskt Tenn, Sweden ca 1935-36.
Egg-shell coloured, the top and the linings of elm wood, brass hinges. 105,5 x 48,5 cm, height 147,5 cm.
Wear, scratches.
Provenance
The Swedish architect Birger Jonson (1890-1977) with wife Helny Jonson.
Birger and Helny made the order for this cabinet sometimes around 1935-36 when the couple just had moved into Eriksbergsgatan Stockholm in 1935.
Helny was acquainted with Estrid Ericson since back when she was living in Hjo ( where Estrid was brought up as well) and thus they decided to order this cabinet designed by Josef Frank in order to house Birger's clothing. The cabinet is in its original condition.
More information
Birger Jonson is today perhaps best known for being the architect of the Filadelfiakyrkan at St. Eriksplan in Stockholm, built in 1929-30. Other examples are the above mentioned residential buildings on Eriksbergsgatan in Stockholm, the Central Station in Falköping from 1934-35 is another fine example of his modernist architecture.
Jonson was one of the stronger voices advocating modernism and functionalism around the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930.
Designer
Josef Frank was born in Austria and studied architecture in Vienna. As an architect, he worked with private home areas, villas and apartment buildings. In 1925 he started his own interior design firm Haus und Garten together with two architect colleagues. In connection with the advance of the Nazis, he emigrated to Sweden and was employed in 1934 at Svenskt Tenn. After the outbreak of World War II, Josef Frank, who came from a Jewish family, was forced into exile in New York. At Svenskt Tenn, he made an impact on the product range for four decades; especially when it comes to furniture and fabric prints.
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