Søren Willadsen

Furniture

Desk

Large Desk

Rud Rasmussen

Oregon pine, original naturally patinated leather.

Asko

Model no. 9018
Laminated birch with 'rhythmic' veneer, chromium plated steel. 
Branded with manufacturer's mark.

Shown with 'Nikke' Chair (model no. 9019): ref. 171140.

Table

NK Nordiska Kompaniet

Birch, highly figured Karelian birch. 
Nordiska Kompaniet metal plaque to inside drawer.

Oak, Niger leather, brass fittings. 
Cabinet makers label by Rud Rasmussen cabinetmakers.
Flap folded out: D. 64.5 cm. 

Provenance:
Purchased  15 January 1963, directly from Rud Rasmussen Cabinetmakers.
Thence by descent.

Folding Desk

Macassar ebony. Nickel plated fitments. Height 62cm between floor and the underneath of the desktop.

Provenance:
Sven Markelius' own home. Later Markelius gave the desk as a gift to artist Vicke Lindstrand. 

Literature: 
Svenska Hem, 1932, p. 195 (Sven Markelius' home) and Svenska Hem, 1937, p. 269 (Vicke Lindstrand's home).
Tobias Hoffmann, 'Nordic Design; The Response to the Bauhaus', catalogue, Bröhan Museum, 2019, p.130/131, cat.37.

Exhibition: 
'Nordic Design; The Response to the Bauhaus', Bröhan Museum, Berlin, 2019/2020.

Unique Desk

Willy Beck

Designed 1956, this example executed circa 1956-1960.
Teak.
Applied metal cabinetmaker's tag to underside: 'Produced by Cabinetmaker Willy Beck Copenhagen Denmark / Architects: A. Bender Madsen and Ejner Larsen'.

Provenance:
Private Collection, Denmark
Thence by descent

Literature: Grete Jalk, ed., 'Dansk Møbeklkunst gennem 40 aar', vol. 3, Copenhagen, 1987 pp. 358–359 for a similar example. 

A similar model was presented at the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers' Guild Exhibition at Designmuseum Danmark, 20 September - 7 October, 1956.

Desk / Table

C. B. Hansens Etablissement

Teak, Brazilian rosewood feet.
Provenance: Made for Danisco's head office.

Lacquered steel, Oregon pine. 
Floating drawer with storage to reverse. 

The model was designed for the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.

'Professor Table'

SMF-Bodafors

Stained birch. Top with a geometrical decoration, one large drawer, carved feet, stamped with maker's mark.
Reportedly designed for the Stockholm Concert Hall.

Provenance:
Architect Ivar Tengbom's personal desk

Architect Desk

Dark stained, flamed birch with removable glass doors on one side.

Finnish Curved Desk

Hyresgästernas Möbelaffär

Lacquered wood with pewter inlay. With two drawers to one side.

Hjalmar Jackson

Mahogany, rosewood and inlay of various woods.

Molteni and Co

Moulded plastic with glass hinged writing surface, chromium plated metal, adjustable reading lamp. 
Moulded manufacturers marks to underside of each.

Pair of "Orix" Desks

Svenskt Tenn

Mahogany, rosewood, brass. 
Copy of original invoice included. 

Provenance:
Consul General Sven Göthberg (1913‑2011), Jönköping, purchased at Firma Svenskt Tenn 1967. 
Thence by descent

Desk, Model no. 1022

Uppsala Möblerings AB

Stained birch and burled birch, the front with one drawer, details in relief, the top with leather, maker's mark UPSALA MÖBLERINGS-A.-B. 1930. Key included.

Provenance: The desk was designed by Ragnar Östberg for a university building in Uppsala 1926-30. The building was executed in a typical style of Östberg with a brick façade.

Neoclassical Desk

Macassar ebony, ebony escutcheons.

Modernist and father of the International Style, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was truly a master of combining the austere with the luxurious, a concept employed on his earliest projects with Lily Reich including Villa Tugendhat in Brno, Czech Republic (1928-1930). The master Architect designed spacious open areas, combining cold materials Onyx and Travertine marble with sweeping surfaces veneered in warm rosewood. With its severe and modern rectilinear form and choice of graphic Macassar ebony veneer, this rare desk exemplifies this concept. The vertically applied veneer and seamless integration of three drawers with ebony escutcheons reinforce van der Rohe’s architectural approach and sharp eye for detail. Almost floating in space, the slim and refined legs echo the Architect’s later masterworks including Farnsworth House (1945-51) and Seagram Building (1958). Two other comparable desks exist, one for the Crous apartment in Berlin (1930) and Lange House in Krefeld (1928-1930), both designed in collaboration Lily Reich.

Rare Desk

Literature:
Werner Gräff, Innenräume, Stuttgart 1928 , Page 65 Ill. 105
Christiane Lange, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe & Lilly Reich, Möbel und Räume, Hatje Cantz 2007, Page 118 (Lange) page 155 (Crous)
Reuter/Schulte, Mies und das neue Wohnen, Hatje Cantz, 2008. Pages 129/130

Johannes Hansen

Desk, Model no. JH 810

Table, Model no. 590

Flamed birch and black lacquered details. 
Illustrated in FORM 1932 p.254.

Macassar ebony, birch, with three drawers and key.

Locks impressed 'NK' and metal tag impressed 'NK R 36916 C 4 9 34'

'Record' Desk

Pyramid mahogany with inlay of different woods. Six drawers.

Provenance:
Sparbanken (Swedbank), Örebro, Sweden. 
The desk was made for the conference room, circa 1934. Ivar Tengbom designed the building and Carl Malmsten was commissioned to make furniture for the interior.

Large Desk/Work Table

Olivetti

Lacquered Steel, moulded plastic. Original key included. 

Founded in Milan in 1932, BBPR Studio was an Italian design and architecture collective named after the initials of the designers:
Gian Luigi Banfi (1910-1945); Ludovico Belgioso (1909); Enrico Peressuti (1908-1976) and Ernesto Nathan Rogers (1909-1968).