The specialist's choice – Eva Seeman lists her favourites from Modern Art + Design

Georg Jensen, Silver jardinière

The silver department contains quite a few interesting objects, some rare and spectacular items from Georg Jensen. I choose to pinpoint the jardinière that was ordered by a Stockholm family around the year 1915. A very unusual model and an elegant piece of splendour.

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Uno Åhrén & Anna Petrus, Mirror, Firma Svenskt Tenn, model 516

Over the years, Bukowskis has become the place where collections are sold. In addition to Lars Wetterling's collection, we have Hildur Hansson's fantastic Swedish Pewter objects and furniture collection. Hildur Hansson's interest in Svenskt Tenn arose from her friend Estrid Ericsson, the founder of The Svenskt Tenn. The collection contains furniture and objects from the first part of the 20th Century and up to the 1980s. The interest never weakened and was later taken over by the son Ingemar. Estrid Ericson was an extremely creative and resourceful person, always curious about creating new objects for the always very inspiring store Svenskt Tenn. Something that is clearly shown in the collection of Hildur Hansson. The most extraordinary object in Hildur Hansson's collection is the mirror, a collaboration between Uno Åhrén and Anna Petrus, designed around 1927. The model was first designed by the two as a type of radiator grit and was exhibited at several international exhibitions, for instance, at Metropolitan Museum in New York in 1927. Reportedly Estrid Ericson intended to use this particular piece as a gate at her summer house, "Tolvekarna”, but had second thoughts and had it installed together with a mirror that later ended up in Hildur Hansson's home.

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Gustaf Fjaestad, ”Stabbestol”

Gustaf Fjaestad's production of furniture and works of art is small but nevertheless very exciting in the context of other things designed in Sweden around the turn of the century 1900. His interpretation is characterized by a mixture of national romanticism, art nouveau and folk art, it has few equals from that era. The sculptured armchair in this sale is related to the furniture Fjaestad delivered to Ernst Thiel in Stockholm (today the Thiel Museum). The chair is richly decorated with pinecones and both signed and dated.

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Ingegerd Torhamn, Modernist painted and decorated chest of drawers, ca 1930

Another extraordinary object is the chest of drawers decorated by the modernist artist Ingegerd Torhamn from around 1930. Today she is probably most known for the modernist carpets that were made for and exhibited at the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition.

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Harald Notini, Ceiling lamp, 'model 11555' Arvid Böhlmarks Lampfabrik, 1940-tal.

This auction also includes a tempting and very full collection of pieces from the Böhlmark's lamp factory. A varied selection with many of the company's different models produced from the 1920s to the 1960s.

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