Jan Vanek Tables
Elegance describes the designs of Jan Vanek.
Influenced by his family’s furniture company, Vandek studied woodworking. Following a stint in Germany, where he advanced his skills at established firms in Munich, Stuttgart and Heilbronn, he returned home to the former Czechoslovakia and took over the family business, which in 1920 became known as Spojené Uměleckoprůmyslové Závody, or UP Závody.
Vanek's early friendships and collaborations with architectural and design greats like Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Adolf Loos and others likely had much to do with his graceful style, best exemplified by his 1930s bentwood chairs, with the arabesque curves of their arms and legs conjoining to form open, dynamic loops.
True to Czech standards for uniformity, Vanek scarcely altered the design over decades of production, though he did gradually modernize his frames: His 1950s models are more angular, industrialized — and very definitely modern.
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1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jan Vanek Tables
Glass, Wood
1940s Czech Brutalist Vintage Jan Vanek Tables
Oak
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Jan Vanek Tables
Oak
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Jan Vanek Tables
2010s Brazilian International Style Jan Vanek Tables
Wood
2010s Brazilian International Style Jan Vanek Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary English Post-Modern Jan Vanek Tables
Oak
2010s Polish Jan Vanek Tables
Aluminum
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Jan Vanek Tables
Rosewood
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Jan Vanek Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Brutalist Jan Vanek Tables
Marble
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jan Vanek Tables
Metal
1960s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jan Vanek Tables
Walnut
1940s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jan Vanek Tables
Aluminum
2010s Brazilian International Style Jan Vanek Tables
Wood