JOSEF FRANK, a "Tyresö", chest of drawers, Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, post 1985.
Elm burrwood and walnut, brass legs. Stamped maker's mark: Josef Frank Svenskt Tenn, AB ERIKSSON & SÖNER MÖBELSNICKERI VRENA. Width 130 cm, depth 46 cm, height 81 cm.
The model was designed in 1954. The model was aimed for the hallroom in Estrid Ericson's summer house at Tyresö, outside Stockholm.
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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