Josef Frank, a model '2139' elm burr and walnut coffee table from Firma Svenskt Tenn, after 1985.
Round table top with elm burr veneer. Walnut frame. Marked. Diameter 120, height 49 cm.
Wear, table top with wear and marks. Edge with damage.
Formgivet 1952.
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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