a dinner table, model 1020, Svenskt Tenn, Sweden 1960's.
Walnut base, the top veneered with burrwood, the rim with boxwood in a checkered pattern. Diameter 143,5 cm, height 71,5 cm.
The surface is restored.
Reportedly bought at Svenskt Tenn in 1969, thence by descent.
Kristina Wängberg Eriksson, Jan Christer Eriksson, 'Josef Frank Möbelformgivaren', Carlsson Bokförlag, Stockholm 2014. See fig. 48, p 66.
Anita L. Du Rietz, "Skönhet till vardags, Estrid Ericson och Svenskt Tenn", Lorensvik Förlag 2018, see the model illustrated from Estrid Ericson's home, p 272.
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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