Josef Frank Table Lamp Model G-2466 Produced by Svenskt Tenn
About the Item
- Creator:Josef Frank (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 26.78 in (68 cm)Width: 16.93 in (43 cm)Depth: 16.93 in (43 cm)
- Style:Scandinavian Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1960s
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Limhamn, SE
- Reference Number:
Josef Frank
Austrian architect and furniture and fabric designer Josef Frank was a leading voice for a gentle, humane modernism. His advocacy of warm, comfortable, eclectically styled environments was highly influential in his adopted country of Sweden, and it’s now widely regarded as a harbinger of the backlash against doctrinaire modernism and the embrace of the homespun that occurred in the late 1960s.
The son of a successful Viennese textile manufacturer, Frank studied architecture at Vienna University of Technology, graduating in 1910. From the first years of his practice, he marched counter to the orderly, symmetrical architectural layouts and decors prescribed by contemporaries such as Adolf Loos.
Frank drafted rooms of varying shapes and called for flexible interior-design arrangements. His furniture pieces are light and easy to move — and his chairs are always made of wood, most often with lushly curved steam-bent arms and slatted backs. Frank openly loathed the tubular steel furnishings and “machine for living” aesthetic promoted by Le Corbusier and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and other Bauhaus principals. “The home must not be a mere efficient machine,” Frank once said. “It must offer comfort, rest and coziness…. There are no puritan principles in good interior decoration.”
Frank — who was Jewish — sensed the dire implications of the rise of Nazism in Germany and Austria, and in 1933 he moved to Stockholm with his Swedish wife, Anna. He became the design chief for the furnishings maker Svenskt Tenn and found a perfect match culturally for his brand of simple, relaxed and bright creations. Like many modernists — notably Charles and Ray Eames and Alexander Girard — Frank had a deep love of folk art, which influenced his designs for a wide array of colorful, richly patterned upholstery fabrics, many based on the classic “Tree of Life” motif.
In all his designs, Frank took inspiration from a broad variety of sources. In his furniture, one can discern traces of Asian patterns, Rococo, Italian Renaissance, Scandinavian handicrafts and even Chippendale pieces. As such, the work of Frank — the friendly modernist — is at home in any type of décor.
Find vintage Josef Frank pillows, armchairs, floor lamps and other furniture on 1stDibs.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Malmö, Sweden
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 7 days of delivery.
- Josef Frank Floor Lamps Model 1842 Produced by Svenskt TennBy Josef FrankLocated in Limhamn, Skåne länA pair of height adjustable floor lamps model 1842 designed by Josef Frank. Produced by Svenskt Tenn in Sweden. Height: 98.5-145 cm.Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
MaterialsBrass
- Josef Frank Candlestick Produced by Svenskt TennBy Josef FrankLocated in Limhamn, Skåne länCandlestick (the knot of friendship) in brass designed by Josef Frank. Produced by Svenskt Tenn in Sweden.Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Candlesticks
MaterialsBrass
- Josef Frank Candlesticks Produced by Svenskt TennBy Josef FrankLocated in Limhamn, Skåne länRare pair of candlesticks designed by Josef Frank. Produced by Svenskt Tenn in Sweden.Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Candlesticks
MaterialsBrass
- Josef Frank Dining Chairs Model 695 Produced by Svenskt TennBy Josef FrankLocated in Limhamn, Skåne länVery rare set of 10 dining chairs model 695 designed by Josef Frank. Produced by Svenskt Tenn in Sweden.Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Chairs
MaterialsBrass
- Josef Frank Floor Lamp Model 2564 Produced by Svenskt Tenn in SwedenBy Josef FrankLocated in Limhamn, Skåne länRare floor lamp model 2564 designed by Josef Frank. Produced by Svenskt Tenn in Sweden.Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
MaterialsBrass
- Josef Frank Dining Table Model 1020 Produced by Svenskt tenn in SwedenBy Josef FrankLocated in Limhamn, Skåne länRare dining table model 1020 designed by Josef Frank. Produced by Svenskt tenn in Sweden.Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Tables
MaterialsMahogany, Amboyna
- Table Lamp Model 2466 Designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950sBy Josef FrankLocated in Stockholm, SETable lamp model 2466 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s. Brass with fabric shade. Stamped. An understated and tim...Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsBrass
- Pair of brass table lamps model 2466 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt TennBy Josef Frank, Svenskt TennLocated in Stockholm, SEPair of table lamps model 2466 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s. Brass, lacquered brass and original fabric shades. Stamped. Josef Frank was a true European...Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsBrass
- Midcentury Modern Table Lamps Model 2466 by Josef Frank , Svenskt Tenn SwedenBy Svenskt Tenn, Josef FrankLocated in Hillringsberg, SEThis pair of iconic table lamps model G2326 was designed by Josef Frank and produced by Svenskt Tenn in Sweden. The model made in brass and lacquered metal. These ones with tulip sha...Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
MaterialsBrass
- Josef Frank, table lamp model 2332, Firma Svenskt Tenn, Scandinavian ModernBy Svenskt Tenn, Josef FrankLocated in Stockholm, SEJosef Frank table lamp, model 3223. Designed in 1932 for Firma Svenskt Tenn. In solid brass, marked Svenskt Tenn 3223. This example is made during mid-1900s.Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsBrass
- Carrara marble table lamp 2575 by Josef Frank, Svenskt tennBy Svenskt Tenn, Josef FrankLocated in Hägersten, SETable lamp model 2575 designed by Josef Frank. Produced by Svenskt Tenn and this piece ca 1950-60s. The lamp is commonly made from wood but this example made from carrara marble ston...Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsCarrara Marble
- Table lamp 2467 by Josef Frank. Firma Svenskt Tenn, SwedenBy Svenskt Tenn, Josef FrankLocated in Hägersten, SETable lamp model 2467 designed by Josef Frank. Produced in Sweden by Svenskt Tenn. designed in 1938, this piece of a later manufacturing. Brass and original shade re-sewn with single...Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsBrass