Uno & Östen Kristiansson Vanities
Swedish designer-siblings Uno Kristiansson and Östen Kristiansson are best known to collectors of vintage furniture for their imaginative lighting and mirrors. As partners, Uno & Östen Kristiansson united high-quality, practical Scandinavian modern design with fresh innovation.
Uno and Östen Kristiansson were born in southern Sweden. Their father was a furniture maker who owned a workshop — Vittsjo — that was named for the village in which it was located. In 1950, Uno opened his workshop in the same village. He called his company Luxus and brought his younger brother Östen on board as a designer and builder.
Like lots of designers of the era, the Kristianssons favored traditional teak wood but also employed more forward-looking materials such as glass, acrylic, leather and plastic. While their work spoke to the organic forms and craftsmanship that is typical of many Scandinavian modern designers, the brothers created minimalist oak mirrors and shapely pine wall lights — which often featured an integration of rattan — that set them apart from other artisans in their field.
Around 1966, Östen took over their father’s workshop and renamed it Östen Kristiansson AB. He eventually returned the company’s name to Vittsjo.
After 1970, Uno and Östen Kristiansson focused primarily on lamps and mirrors. They designed most of these works in acrylic, and wood became more of a secondary material in their composition. Collectors and interior designers continue to prize the many inventive furnishings they produced.
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Uno & Östen Kristiansson Vanities
Mirror, Oak
20th Century Swedish Uno & Östen Kristiansson Vanities
Mirror, Oak
20th Century Swedish Uno & Östen Kristiansson Vanities
Mirror, Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Uno & Östen Kristiansson Vanities
Teak
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Uno & Östen Kristiansson Vanities
Teak
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Uno & Östen Kristiansson Vanities
Teak
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Uno & Östen Kristiansson Vanities
Oak
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Uno & Östen Kristiansson Vanities
Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Uno & Östen Kristiansson Vanities
Teak
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Uno & Östen Kristiansson Vanities
Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Uno & Östen Kristiansson Vanities
Teak
Early 20th Century French Uno & Östen Kristiansson Vanities
Walnut
1960s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Uno & Östen Kristiansson Vanities
Mirror, Oak
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Uno & Östen Kristiansson Vanities
Teak
20th Century Danish Uno & Östen Kristiansson Vanities
Mirror, Oak
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Uno & Östen Kristiansson Vanities
Mirror, Oak
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Uno & Östen Kristiansson Vanities
Teak, Mirror
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Uno & Östen Kristiansson Vanities
Mirror, Oak