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Coffee Table

Gustav Bertelsen

Caucasian walnut, brass.

Provenance: 
The Copenhagen Cabinetmakers' Guild Exhibition at Designmuseum Danmark, 1931.
Thence by Descent. 

Literature: 
Grete Jalk [ed.], '40 Years of Danish Furniture Design', vol. 1, pp. 102-103.
'Tidens Kvinder' (Future Women) July 1939, the entire home reproduced and discussed p. 2 - 3.

Occasional Table with Removable Tray

Danish Coffee Table

"PK-65". Coffee table with steel frame, top of white marble. Designed 1979.

PK65 Coffee table

Firma Karl Mathsson

Beech.
Branded to the underside 'Firma Karl Mathsson, Made In Värnamo - Sweden, 1962, Bruno Mathsson Design, Made in Sweden'.

Brazilian Rosewood, Birch. 
Branded with manufacturer's and date marks to underside.

'Annika' Table

Book matched elm root veneered top with scalloped edge, birch.

Swedish Coffee Table

Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Oy Turku

Bent birch plywood, birch, original green linoleum top.

NK Nordiska Kompaniet

Maple, partially etched glass. 
With producers metal tag to underside, impressed 'NK R 38668 C 2 11 36'.

'Birka' Coffee Table

Meritalia

Polished glass, steel-bronze, teak, wood, brass nails.

'Chiodino' Table

Beech.
Branded to the underside 'Firma Karl Mathsson, Made In Yärnamo - Sweden, 1971, Bruno Mathsson, Made in Sweden'.

Nissen Langå

Model No. 750.
Oak, 'Azur' stoneware tiles. 
Branded to underside, 'Nissen Langaa Danmark JHQ'. 

Literature: 
'Nissen', Catalogue, May 1966, n.p.

Willy Beck

Teak, inlays of various woods at joints, Porsgrunn marble.
Applied cabinetmakers tag to underside of frame. 

Another example available with darker marble top available: ref. no. 161228.

'Lovö' Table

Laminated bent walnut.
Designed for the Czechoslovakian Embassy in Stockholm 1972.
Provenance: Czechoslovak Embassy, Stockholm.

Another example available: ref. no. 1011184.

Laminated steam bent walnut.
Designed for the Czechoslovakian ambassador in Stockholm 1972.
Provenance: Czechoslovak Embassy, Stockholm.

Another example available: ref. no. 1011185.

Oak. From the Triva-series, designed for Nordiska Kompaniet, Stockholm, in the 1960s. Manufacturers metal tag, stamped with date 1960.

'Burma' Coffee table

Teak. 
This example executed circa 1940-1950s.

Rud Rasmussen

Designed 1929.
Model no. 6687. 
Mahogany. 
With applied cabinetmaker and designer's paper labels to underside.

Asko

Model no. 9013
Designed 1958.
Laminated maple with padouk and hazel wood in a 'mussel' pattern with steel and brass legs.
Branded with producer's mark to underside. 

Literature: 
Marianne Aav, ed., 'Tapio Wirkkala: Eye, Hand and Thought', Porvoo, 2002, p. 282, fig. 46 and p. 380 for the model.

Model no. 2110.
Dated 'Juni 1953' (June 1953).
Mahogany with inlaid pewter top with engraved motif from Roslagen, an area which encompasses the northern part of the Stockholm Archipelago.
Engraved with boats, fish, native plants, as well as artist palettes and playing card suits around the outer rim.

Coffee Table, Model no 2110

Designed 1932.
Original glass with acid etched edge. Polished stainless steel base. 

Literature:
C Björk, T Ekström, E Ericson, ”Axel Einar Hjorth Möbelarkitekt”, Signum, 2009. pg. 123 illustrates related form.