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Lot 86: Unique chest of drawers, from The Stockholm Exhibition: Swedish Arts & Crafts and Home Industries, Djurgården,1930

Est: $40,000 USD - $60,000 USD
PhillipsLondon, United KingdomSeptember 24, 2014

Item Overview

Description

Rosewood-veneered wood, rosewood, maple-veneered wood, nickel-plated bronze. 78 x 90.2 x 39.5 cm (30 3/4 x 35 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.) Produced by AB Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden.

Dimensions

78 x 90.2 x 39.5 cm (30 3/4 x 35 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.)

Artist or Maker

Medium

Rosewood-veneered wood, rosewood, maple-veneered wood, nickel-plated bronze.

Exhibited

'The Stockholm Exhibition: Swedish Arts & Crafts and Home Industries', Djurgården, Stockholm, May - September 1930

Literature

Gustaf Munthe, Svenska Slöjdföreningens Tidskrift: Organ För Konstindustri Handverk Och Hemslöjd, no. XXVI, Stockholm, 1930, illustrated p. 46, fig. 9 Otto Schultz, ed., Boet, Gothenburg, 1930, illustrated p. 157 Nils G. Wollin, Nutida Svensk Konstslöjd i Bild, Stockholm, 1931, illustrated p. 31 Bengt O. H. Johansson, Carl Bergsten och svensk arkitekturpolitik under 1900-talets första decennium, Uppsala University, 1965, p. 225 furniture discussed from the 1930, Stockholm exhibition Bonnie Festin, Carl Bergsten - en arkitekt och hans former, Norrköping, 2005, illustrated p. 72

Provenance

Auktionsverk, Stockholm, 1990 Private collection, Stockholm Bukowskis, Stockholm, 'moderna + contemporary & design', 6-8 November 2001, lot 1121 Bo Knutsson Konst och Antik, Stockholm Private collection, Los Angeles Calderwood Gallery, Philadelphia

Auction Details

Nordic Design

by
Phillips
September 24, 2014, 06:00 PM UTC

9 Howick Place, London, SW1, UK