Svenskt Tenn

Model no. 423.
Painted birch, loose engraved pewter top. 
Engraved with decorations of subjects from Noah's Ark.

Furniture

Table

Literature: 
Catalogue, 'Svenskt Tenn', 1931, p.5.
Magazine, 'Form: Te-och kaffebordet', 1932, p.275.
Du Rietz, Anita, 'Skönhet till Vardags: Estrid Ericson och Svenskt Tenn', Lorensvik (Sweden) 2018, p.36. (tabel pictured in the store at Strandvägen 5 in 1927)
Hedqvist, Hedvig, Jacobson, Rikard, von Gerber, Jan, 'Modernt Svenskt Tenn', Atlantis (Sweden) 2004, p.58-59.

David Blomberg

Side Table

Carl Malmsten

Attributed to Carl Malmsten. 
Veneer in various woods including mahogany and beech, inlay decoration. Two drawers, on each end.

Variation of model no. 1053.
Brass, stone slab with fossil of 'Dapedius Pholidotus'.
Paper label with scientific classification of the fossil to the underside.

AJ Iversen

Mahogany, brass. 
Manufacturer's paper label to the underside.

Table/Desk

Danish Folding Table

Artek

Model no. 915, designed in 1931-32.
Birch, laminated steam bent birch.

Lysberg, Hansen & Therp

Mahogany, naturally patinated leather.
With applied manufacturer's paper labels to underside.

Pair of Side Tables

Haslev Møbelsnedkeri

Model no. 35.
Teak with woven cane shelf. 
With paper label to underside.

Single examples available.

NK Nordiska Kompaniet

Top veneered in sycamore, nickel-plated legs, adjustable in several positions.
Manufacturer's label to the underside: 'R 34700 C 22246'.

Provenance:
Architect Gunnar Asplund (1885-1940);
Thence by descent to his son, architect Hans Asplund (1921-1994);
Thence by descent to his son, diplomat and UN ambassador Bo Asplund (1950-2024);
Thence by descent.

Unique 'Drop Flap' Side Table

Exhibitions:
Stockholm Exhibition 1930, villa 42 designed by Carl Bergsten, living room.

History:
Drawing number '34700' in NK's archive is recorded on 19 February 1930, the client being the 'Stockholm Exhibition' with a note "Zycomore m.fl. Ark Bergsten". The commission number '22246' suggests that it was the present table that was exhibited.

Literature:
Catalogue, 'Stockholmsutställningen 1930 av konstindustri, konsthantverk och hemslöjd: Specialkatalog över bostadsavdelningen', 1930, p.143. (floor plan with the table illustrated)
Archive, 'ArkDes' and 'Swedish Society of Crafts and Design',  Model illustrated in photographs from the 1930 exhibition.

Firma Karl Mathsson

Designed 1936, these examples produced 1973.
Oak.
Branded with manufacturer's mark and date.

Pair of 'Annika' Side Tables

Model no. 34A.
Rosewood.
With paper label to the underside: 'Danish Furniture Makers Control'.

Several examples available.

Boet

Stained birch with carved spiral legs, stone top. 
Branded to base 'BOET' to the frame.

Designed 1929, executed 1931. 
Stained carved pine, carved sandstone top. 
Rectangular top of sandstone, impressed metal tag 'NK R 33848 - C 12 3 31' (March 12, 1931).

Provenance
The present table was part of a "Sandhamn" set of furniture that was purchased for a summer house in the Stockholm area;
Thence by descent.

'Sandhamn' Side Table

Stained Pine.

Photographed together with: ref. <a href="https://www.jacksons.se/products/carl-westman-chair-1011132" target="_blank">1011132</a>.

Provenance
Probably ordered by the son of the entrepreneur Erik Lundberg for the interior of his office in the newly erected villa from 1912 on the island of Lilla Ekholmen near Vaxholm in the Stockholm archipelago.

Literature:
Drawings for several of the pieces of furniture included in this suite are in the collections of the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm (Inv. no. NMH 322/1936).
Lundahl, Gunilla, 'Karaktär och Känsla - Ett Sekel Med Svensk Hemslöjd', Raster Förlag (Sweden) 2001, p. 87 (image depicting the Swedish Handicraft exhibition in 1912, showcasing "Suite C" - a gentleman's room (however incorrectly attributed to Lars Israel Wahlman).

'Aurinko' series, designed in 1938/39.
Painted birch, enamel, steel wire, brass details.

Set of Three Side Tables

Solid birch, profiled top. 
Stamped 'Aalto Design Artek' to the underside.

Rare Side Table

Poul Jeppesen

Oak veneered, steam bent plywood.
One example marked with manufacturer's mark: 'Danish' and 'PJ' to the underside.

Measurements:
42 x 52 x 37cm 
37 x 40 x 33cm

Set of Two Nesting Tables

Pair of High Swedish Side Tables

Birch rootwood, carved decorations of animals.

Photographed together with ref. 1011618.

Polychrome mosaic tile top, stained ash base. 

Provenance:
Artist's family;
Thence by descent.

Occassional Table

Attributed to Carl Malmsten. 
Birch, Öland stone top

Swedish Grace Side Table

Designed in 1932, this example executed in 1934.
Veneered birch, Macassar ebony. 
Manufacturer's metal plaque to the underside: 'R36918-C26434'.

'Record' Side Table

Model no. 254, designed in 1925-26.
Engraved pewter, lacquered birch.

Top executed by Svenskt Tenn, designed by Nils Fougstedt. Frame executed by Hjalmar Jackson.