Josef Frank
Josef Frank, a model "736" dressing table/writing desk, Firma Svenskt Tenn, before 1985.
Mahogany, three drawers and a cabinet with shelf fittings, brass handles, length 134.5 cm, depth 45 cm, height 72 cm. Key included.
Minor wear. Faded in places. Veneer damage. A key in two parts.
Provenance
Hildur Hanssons samling (1912-1999). Hildur Hansson var gift med Erik Hansson (född 1906), som stupade under finska vinterkriget. Hildur bodde med sin son på Östermalm i Stockholm och var nära vän till Firma Svenskt Tenns grundare Estrid Ericson (1894-1981).
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Modellen formgiven år 1937.
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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