a mahogny sideboard with cabinets, shelves, writing flap and drawers, Svenskt Tenn, a special commission, 1940-50s.
Mahogany, brass handles, the lower part in three joint sections, lower parts with sliding doors and shelf fittings, one section with eight drawers. Upper parts with writing flap and shelves. Length 438 cm (146 x 3), total height 183,5 cm (104 + 55 + 22,5 for the base and 2 cm for the topliner)).
Minor veneer damages, wear.
A family of collectors who during the late 1940s and a bit into the 1950s placed many orders, often specially commissioned, at Firma Svenskt Tenn.
Thence by descent to the current owner.
This sideboard/cabinet is a special commission made to order and is without a model number in Svenskt Tenn's archive.
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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