A rare ebonized pear wood and pewter mirror, Firma Svenskt Tenn, early 1930s.
Of rectangular shape. 150 x 70 cm.
Wear, improved gluing on pewter inlays.
The artist Sigrid Aminoff, née Oxenstierna (1904-1994), Stockholm.
Thence by descent to the current owner.
Aminoff studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm 1925-1930, where she was a classmate of Göta Trägårdh. Göta, along with her husband Björn Trägårdh, a long-time collaborator at Svenskt Tenn, remained close friends with Aminoff.
Versions of mirrors in ebonized wood and pewter were displayed at the Swedish Exhibition of Industrial Arts & Crafts at Dorland House in London in March-April 1931 and subsequently at Galerie Moderne in Stockholm in September that same year.
Catalogue, "Möbler - Firma Svenskt Tenn", Bröderna Lagerström 1931, compare with the slightly larger model 1096 illustrated p. 25.
Eva Rudberg, "Uno Åhrén", Byggforskningsrådet 1981, compare p. 107.
Monica Boman (ed.), "Estrid Ericson: orkidé i vinterlandet", Carlssons 1989, compare Åhrén's original sketch for the exhibition in London p. 95.
Designed in 1931.
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