Josef Frank
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a dinner table for Svenskt Tenn, model 947, Sweden ca 1939.
Veneered with elm, straight legs, length 130 cm, width 100 cm, total length 310 cm including three extra leaves à 60 cm, height 72 cm, one added leaf in pine, width 30 cm, comes with the table.
Stains, wear, one extra leaf with partly harder wear.
Provenance
Reportedly acquired in 1939 from Svenskt Tenn, thence by descent.
More information
Reportedly by Svenskt Tenn, table 947 was designed by Josef Frank around 1940, thus this is a very early piece.
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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