A sideboard, model "730", Firma Svenskt Tenn, Sweden 1930-40s.
Mahogany, two cabinets and four drawers, details in brass, oak interior, height 84 cm, length 198 cm, depth 52 cm.
Wear and marks, some damages. A shelf to one of the cabinets are missing.
Literature
Svenska hem i ord och bilder, E. Lundquists bokförlag, Stockholm, 1938, p. 1.
More information
This model was designed ca 1937.
More about Josef Frank
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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