Jacob Kjaer

Furniture

Small Desk

Larsen brothers

Carved Cuban mahogany, gilt brass appliques.
Chair,  Johan Rhode, carved Cuban mahogany, horsehair textile.

Photographed together with ref. <a href="https://www.jacksons.se/products/desk-or-armchair-6054" target="_blank">6054</a>.

Desk

Haslev Møbelsnedkeri

Model no. 36.
Teak veneer. Four drawers.
Marked with paper acid label to the underside. 

Provenance:
The priest Jens Thyrie Böggild and Countess Polly Charlotte Danneskiold-Samsøe.

Model no. 36.
Teak veneer. Four drawers.
Marked with paper acid label to the underside.

Mjölby Intarsia

Rosewood, different fruitwood inlays, carved decorations. 
Two drawers, small drawers and hidden compartment.

NK Nordiska Kompaniet

Macassar ebony, stained birch, birch. 
With NK plaque impressed 'R 39012 C 31426'  and branded 'Inköpt År 1935'

Provenance: 
Södermalms Rådhus

'Record' Desk / Console

BO-EX

Dark stained birch, light flamed birch, ash and intarsia of fruit woods, metal.

Secretaire

Macassar ebony, stained birch, birch. 
With NK plaque impressed 'R 39012 C 31426'  and branded 'Inköpt År 1935'.

Provenance: 
Söderhamns Rådhus

Søren Willadsen

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

Table

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

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.

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