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Josef Frank

(Austria, 1885-1967)
Estimate
30 000 - 40 000 SEK
2 650 - 3 530 EUR
2 760 - 3 680 USD
Hammer price
90 000 SEK
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Josef Frank
(Austria, 1885-1967)

a walnut sideboard, model 598, Svenskt Tenn, Sweden 1950's-60's.

Lined with boxwood, four + one drawers, handles of brass, 130 x 43 cm, height 69 cm. Key included.

Minor wear.

Literature

Marlene Ott-Wodni, "Josef Frank 1885-1967, Raumgestaltung und Möbeldesign", Böhlau Verlag, Wien 2015, see the model illustrated p 310.

More information

The model was designed in 1935.

Designer

Josef Frank was born in Austria and studied architecture in Vienna. As an architect, he worked with private home areas, villas and apartment buildings. In 1925 he started his own interior design firm Haus und Garten together with two architect colleagues. In connection with the advance of the Nazis, he emigrated to Sweden and was employed in 1934 at Svenskt Tenn. After the outbreak of World War II, Josef Frank, who came from a Jewish family, was forced into exile in New York. At Svenskt Tenn, he made an impact on the product range for four decades; especially when it comes to furniture and fabric prints.

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