A Swedish Grace "Bord N:r 10" cast iron table, Näfveqvarns bruk, Sweden.
Decor in relief, limestone top. Length 114, width 64, height 73 cm.
Restored. The top with minor chips and stains.
Böksjölund, Kolmården, Östergötland County.
The model was first presented at the Gothenburg Tercentennial Jubilee Exposition 1923, when the city, as well as Näfveqvarns bruk, celebrated its 300th anniversary. The model was subsequently also shown in the Swedish pavilion at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris in 1925 and at the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930.
Gregor Paulsson (ed.), "Svenska Slöjdföreningens tidskrift", Stockholm, 1926, issue 5, “Näfveqvarns-gods”, see p. 109 onwards.
Kurt Rindståhl, "Näfveqvarns Bruk – Monografi om ett gammalt anrikt bruk i södra Södermanland" (Monograph on an Old and Esteemed Foundry in Southern Södermanland), Gjuterihistoriska Sällskapet, Huskvarna, 2004, see image and text on p. 44.
Kurt Rindståhl, "Näfveqvarnsgods efter skulpturer av svenska konstnärer", Särtryck ur Gjuterisällskapets skriftserie 10, 2004, p 55.
Designed in 1922.
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Folke Bensow was a Swedish architect and designer. From 1915 to 1930, he ran his own architectural firm in Stockholm and also worked as a furniture designer for, among others, Näfveqvarn.
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