Modern Art & Design presents 100 Years of Svenskt Tenn
Svenskt Tenn Centenary Section
This year marks 100 years since Estrid Ericson founded her life's work Firma Svenskt Tenn in 1924. At this autumn's live auction Modern Art & Design, Bukowskis celebrates 100 years of Svenskt Tenn with a curated selection of objects from the firm’s early production.
Already at the firm’s 70th anniversary in 1994, Bukowskis paid tribute to Svenskt Tenn with a curated selection. Since then, the interest in Svenskt Tenn's furniture and interior design has since been ever-increasing to an ever-widening clientele. In recent years, Bukowskis has achieved several world records for Svenskt Tenn's furniture at auction. With their timeless design and high quality, many of Svenskt Tenn's objects have today become classics that have a given place in many exclusive interiors both in Sweden and internationally. See selected highlights below.
Josef Frank
Josef Frank designed the first chest of drawers wallpapered with floral panels from Palmstruch's flora as early as 1938. He went on to make several different variants where the furniture was wallpapered with different motifs and materials, including the chest of drawers with model number “1050” which was designed around 1940. The present auction presents a rarely occurring opportunity to acquire a pair of Flora chests of drawers.
To catalogue number 268
To catalogue number 269
Anna Petrus
Estrid Ericson understood the importance of tying recognized designers to the firm, and in that way the sculptor Anna Petrus became an early collaborator. The present, early and very rare table lamp was executed in 1927. The pioneer Petrus had the sculptor's eye and touch, which is reflected in the intricate relief decoration of female figures and bunches of grapes.
To the catalogue
Josef Frank
"Linden's dining room chairs" were specially commissioned around 1940 for notary Lindén's villa in Västerås, designed by architect Sven Markelius and built in 1932. The rare model was later put into production with model number 1039.
To the catalogue
Uno Åhrén, attributed
Uno Åhrén designed several versions of mirrors in ebonized wood and pewter that were shown at the Swedish Exhibition of Industrial Arts & Crafts at Dorland House in London in March-April 1931 and later at the Galerie Moderne in Stockholm in September of that same year. These elegant mirrors are some of the foremost representatives of the elegant functionalistic style that made up Svenskt Tenn's initial furniture collections around the year 1930.
To the catalogue
Josef Frank
The display cabinet "2217" with its cabriole legs and club feet can be traced back to both English and Chinese design traditions. It looks as well as a typical English "display cabinet" as well as Chineseizing with the cabriole legs that were introduced to Europe from the east at the end of the 17th century.
To the catalogue
The objects will be sold at Modern Art & Design
Viewing: November 14–18, Bukowskis, Berzelii Park 1, Stockholm
Open: weekdays 11 am – 6 pm, weekends 11 am – 4 pm
Live auction: November 19–20, Arsenalsgatan 2, Stockholm
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