1. A SEWING TABLE WITH 2 CHAIRS AND AN EASY CHAIR.
Flame birch. 1930s. The sewing table with two doors and pigeon holes. Width of table 71 cm, height 68 cm. Height of chairs 87 cm. Height of easy chair 85 cm.
- Department: Furniture
- Auction: 25 May 2011, lot 1
- Viewing: 13 – 24 May 2011
Provenance
Ordered by Johan August and Josefina Sorjanen in the early 1930s. The furniture was designed by architect V.N. Vähäkallio.
J.A. Sorjanen was one of the first Finnish cinema tycoons, with a string of cinemas in Helsinki and elsewhere in Finland.
The set of furniture is a family heirloom.