Josef Frank
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Lisätietoja ja kuntoraportit
a mahogany base table, map on the top, Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, model U601 (the top) & U491, 1960s-1970s.
The glass covered top with a printed map, brass lining, the loose base with profiled legs. Diameter 125 cm, height 49 cm.
The map is showing the world as seen around year 1450 after a map drawned by the Venetian cartographer and monk Fra Mauro. The original is now in the Doge Palace, Venice
Minor wear, chip to glass top.
Muut tiedot
This table was produced during 1960s-1970s.
Suunnittelijat
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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