A coffee table, Firma Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1970s.
Walnut base model U491, loose green marble top. Diameter 130 cm, height 47.5 cm.
Wear, top with minor scuff marks and chips.
Physician Anders Gustaf Dalén (1907–1994) & Inez Dalén (1911–2003), purchased for their summer house on Lidingö, Stockholm in the 1970s.
Thence by descent within the family to the present owner.
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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