Josef Frank
A Josef Frank mahogany library table, Svenskt Tenn, model 640, Sweden 1930's.
190 x 60 cm, two extra leaves included (total length 319 cm), total width 100 cm, height 72 cm.
Just slight wear. The top is slightly bent so the extra leaves doesn't fit properly.
Literature
Hans Rabén (ed), 'Det moderna hemmet: inredningskonst i Sverige och andra länder', Natur och kultur, Stockholm 1937, ill p 150.
More information
This rare model was designed by Josef Frank in the mid 1930's during his first years in Sweden.
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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