Gustav Bergström, Swedish Grace Period Quilted Birch and Marquetry Armchair, Circa 1927
Gustav Bergström, Swedish Grace Period Quilted Birch and Marquetry Armchair, Circa 1927
The concave back centering a parquetry panel, issuing two sweeping armrests flanking a wide upholstered seat, above a fluted apron on rectangular legs, the front two legs surmounted by block capitals, terminating in stylized paw feet. Manufactured by SMF Bodafors.
Related chairs of the same suite illustrated Svenksa Slöjdföreningens Tidskrift 1927, Gregor Paulsson & Nils Wollin (ed.), Stockholm, 1927, p. 83
Expertly restored, reupholstered and ready to add to your collection. Armrest height 26.5"
H: 32.5” / W: 24” / D: 20”
H: 86.5cm / W: 61cm / D: 51cm
Ref: 20205
A fine example of Danish craftsmanship, handmade and beautifully detailed by master cabinetmaker William Christensen. The cabinet is a rare example; it is the only known piece by Berg executed in carefully selected, silky, fine-grained Honduras mahogany.
The rectangular top above book-matched cabinet doors, the interior veneered in pale sycamore with adjustable shelves, the eight stacked drawers, each centering a patinated brass pull and keyhole, above a black lacquered stand, terminating in brass feet. Original bras key included.
The piece is professionally restored, the sumptuous wood evenly faded and beautifully polished to a soft luster. Ready to add to your collection.
H: 57" / W: 41" / D: 16.5"
H: 149cm / W: 104cm / D: 42cm
Ref: 20083
Executed by master cabinetmakers Rud. Rasmussen, the cabinets are custom works for Copenhagen City Hall, designed by acclaimed architect Martin Nyrop (1849-1921). The prestigious commission provided Nyrop the opportunity to not only design the City Hall itself, but also the furnishings within, similarities in form and proportion that can be seen between these cabinets and the upper-tier roofline of the building.
Each cabinet constructed of beautifully patterned solid pine wood and exquisitely carved throughout, displaying patinated hammered iron mounts. Each interior fitted with three adjustable shelves. The cabinets are gently restored and show age-appropriate signs of age and use.
H: 84" / W: 37" / D: 17.75"
H: 213.5cm / W: 94cm / D: 45cm
Ref: 20143
The circular top adorned in eight book-matched flame walnut panels, raised on four columnar birch legs, each issuing from a bellflower base, terminating in splayed s-form legs. Stamped: R and three crowns within a triangle (for Reiners Mobelfabrik); twice marked N 42.
H: 23.5” / Dia.: 35.25”
H: 60cm / Dia.: 90cm
Ref: 20210
Arguably the most extraordinary piece in our collection. The commode represents craftsmanship at its best; exclusively made from exceptionally fine materials and likely is a unique masterpiece from the leading Swedish architect of the early 20th Century, Carl Bergsten.
The rectangular top, surmounted by an strikingly figured rosewood plinth, above three drawers displaying bois-staine and burl maple marquetry, each drawer mounted by two silvered bronze pulls and centering a silvered bronze keyhole, the sides of the commode composed of large burl maple panels, each panel a mirror image of the opposite side, raised on a recessed scolce, terminating in square bois-satine feet.
Bergsten applied near identical marquetry patterns at the acclaimed and widely published Jubilee Exhibition in Gothenburg, 1923. See Modern Swedish Arts and Crafts in Pictures by Dr. Nils Wollin, New York, 1931, p. 11; The Modern Decorative Arts of Sweden by Erik Wettergren, Malmo, 1926, p. 162; Svenska Slöjdföreningens Tidskrift 1922-24, Gregor Paulsson (ed.), Stockholm, 1922-24, p. 34
Carl Bergsten (1879 - 1935) was a Swedish architect of the early 20th century and key founder of the Swedish Grace style that coincided with the Art Deco movement. Bergsten was influenced early by the proto-modernist designs of the Viennese Secessionists, amongst whom he studied before opening his own architecture practice in 1904. His most recognized works are the Swedish Pavilion at the seminal 1925 Exposition International des arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris, the interior of the luxurious ocean liner M/S Kungsholm, and the Liljevalchs Gallery in Stockholm, which when completed in 1917 was one of the first and still finest examples of early modernist architecture in Sweden.
H: 30” / W: 38.5” / D: 18.5”
H: 76cm / W: 98cm / D: 47cm
Ref: 20204
The scrolled top rail, above a concave backrest, issuing scrolled armrests above a patinated leather seat, raised on turned front legs and saber back legs, terminating in patinated brass sabots.
Seat Height: 18.5” / 47cm
H: 31” / W: 21.5” / D: 18.5”
H: 79cm / W: 54.5cm / D: 48cm
Ref: 20160
The concave back centering a parquetry panel, issuing two sweeping armrests flanking a wide upholstered seat, above a fluted apron on rectangular legs, the front two legs surmounted by block capitals, terminating in stylized paw feet. Manufactured by SMF Bodafors.
Related chairs of the same suite illustrated Svenksa Slöjdföreningens Tidskrift 1927, Gregor Paulsson & Nils Wollin (ed.), Stockholm, 1927, p. 83
Expertly restored, reupholstered and ready to add to your collection. Armrest height 26.5"
H: 32.5” / W: 24” / D: 20”
H: 86.5cm / W: 61cm / D: 51cm
Ref: 20205
A rare model of its period, raised on unconventionally long legs. The rectangular birch top, above two stacked drawers, each drawer composed of foliate marquetry against a book-matched Macassar ebony ground, raised on a recessed Macassar socle, the apron with rounded ends terminating in square legs. Two keys included.
H: 29.5” / W: 33.5” / D: 18.5”
H: 75cm / W: 85cm / D: 47cm
Ref: 20195
An exceptionally rare find. The rectangular oak top within a hash-beaded molding, flanked by drop-leaf extensions and raised above two drawers, each drawer centering a keyhole and mounted with custom brass pulls, on a chamfered frieze displaying chiseled medallions, over an undulating wave apron, issuing four massive cabriolet legs connected by an x-form stretcher and terminating in hoofed feet.
Executed in oak, the server is substantial and finished on all four sides. Measures 40 inches closed / 56.5 inches open.
Related "Alsterfors" tray table by Nordiska Kompaniet from 1919 is cataloged in the Nordiska Museets Arkiv
H: 30.75” / W: 40” / D: 19.5”
H: 78cm / W: 101.5cm / D: 49.5cm
Ref: 20059
The square top composed of black and turquoise glazed ceramic tiles, set within a ebonized birch frame, the single drawer frieze centering a circular pull, above a shelf stretcher, raised on quarter-rounded legs.
Stamped underneath with the Reiner Möblefabrik emblem.
Beautifully crafted and finely detailed, the piece is expertly restored and ready to add to your collection.
H: 21.25” / W: 18.5” / D: 18.5”
H: 54cm / W: 47cm / D: 47cm
Ref: 20166