Josef Frank Lighting
Austrian, 1885-1967
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.
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Creator: Josef Frank
Table Lamp Model 2468 Designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s
By Josef Frank
Located in Stockholm, SE
Table lamp model 2468 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn,
Sweden, 1950s.
Brass with cotton shades.
Stamped.
Model 2468 is a delightful brass table lamp with three small shades in green, yellow, and red. The lamp has an elegant brass base with three stems that hold the shades at different heights. Because of its tricolour shades, it is known as the “traffic light lamp”. Designed by Josef Frank in the 1950s, this lamp has become a timeless Svenskt Tenn collectable.
H: 54 cm
W: 42 cm
Shade D: 15 cm
Josef Frank was a true European, he was also a pioneer of what would become classic 20th century Swedish design and the “Scandinavian Design Style”.
Austrian- born Frank started his design career as an architect after having trained at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna between 1903 and 1910. After his training he went on to teach at Kunstgewerbeschule (The Viennese School of Arts and crafts) where he developed and espoused the new school of modernist thinking towards Architecture and Design that was coming to fruition in Vienna at the time. He also went on to lead the Vienna Werkbund throughout the 1920s. This was a truly progressive group of Architects and Designers who set about improving the daily lives of Austrian people through modernist design and architecture in partnership with Arts and Crafts ideals and construction. Frank’s leadership of the Werkbund had already cemented his place at the forefront of European design.
Frank’s time in Vienna was typified by his design for the “Die Wohnung” exhibition of the Deutscher Werkbund in Stuttgart, 1927 where he exhibited along side his contemporaries at the forefront of design, such as the likes of Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius. Here he showed a specially designed pair of flat-roofed reinforced concrete houses in what is now seen as a typical modernist style.
What separated Frank’s house from the other 32 houses of the exhibition was the interior and furniture inside the building. It was described as “Neo-Classical” and filled with an eclectic mix of period pieces, modern design and pieces designed by Frank himself that seemed to cross the two worlds. This was a complete opposite direction to that which his fellow Architects were travelling in with their pared back and angular aesthetics. Frank said of his own work: “The house is not a work of art, simply a place where one lives,” and by this reasoning Frank rejected the regimental mechanisation of the living space that his contemporaries believed in, instead he set about creating congenial and spontaneous interiors. Frank’s practice saw him placing the bright colours and the soft forms of nature back into the furnishings and interiors that he thought modernism sorely mist.
Frank, along with Oskar Walch set up Haus und Garten in Vienna in 1925. This was Frank’s first commercial foray into furniture and home furnishings and the company went on to become the most influential furnishing house in Vienna with a riotous depth of colour and interesting shapes becoming the trademark of their design. However this success was to come to an end with rise of Nazism in Vienna in the early 1930’s. Frank was Jewish, and he and his wife Anna decided they would leave Vienna for her motherland: Sweden, in 1933. Frank continued to design for Haus and Garten, visiting Vienna occasionally and designing the pieces that would continue to be the company’s best sellers long after Frank was forced to hand the company over in 1938 after the Third Reich annexation of Austria.
When Josef and Anna had moved to Sweden Frank had struck up a working relationship with Design shop owner Estrid Ericson. Ericson was the proprietor of Svenskt Tenn that at this point was a successful interiors shop in Stockholm with the royal warrant of appointment to the Swedish Royal Household.
In 1935 Frank had become the chief designer for Svenskt Tenn and had set about putting all of his creative effort into his designs for the company. At the World Expositions in Paris in 1937 and New York in 1939 the world saw for the first time the wealth of products that Frank had been working on, ranging from candlesticks to cabinets, there was not a domestic object that Frank had not subjected to his colourful, comfortable and organic style of Modernism.
Frank’s new school of Modernism championed ideas such as chairs having a freeing, open back and that “If one desires the room to be comfortable…all pieces of furniture should allow for a free view of the separating line between the floor and the wall. A cabinet without legs breaks this line and thus reduces the feeling of space.” A world-wide audience tired of classic Modernism’s furniture with solid planes and aggressive forms leapt upon these ideas and Franks natural and bright designs for Svenskt Tenn became internationally desired.
Frank created over 2000 designs for Svenskt Tenn and his products continue to be the core of their brand. Frank’s rejections of tubular metal and heavy lacquers within his furniture have insured his unique light form of Modernism continues to influence and flourish today. His natural toned mahogany and walnut pieces along with his tactile leather covered and brightly shaded lighting still bring the forms of nature back into the home. Original Frank pieces are now increasingly rare, highly desirable and are the epitome of “Scandinavian Design”. Renowned Designer and Academic Isle Crawford...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank, Floor Lamp, Brass, Paper, Sweden, 1940s
By Svenskt Tenn, Josef Frank
Located in High Point, NC
A brass and paper floor lamp designed by Josef Frank and produced by Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1940s.
Socket takes standard E-26 medium base bulb.
There is no maximum wattage state...
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1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Table Lamp Model 2466 Designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s
By Josef Frank
Located in Stockholm, SE
Table lamp model 2466 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn,
Sweden, 1950s.
Brass with fabric shade.
Stamped.
An understated and tim...
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
20th Century Gold Swedish Svenskt Tenn Vintage Brass Floor Lamp by Josef Frank
By Josef Frank, Svenskt Tenn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A gold-black, vintage Mid-Century modern Swedish floor lamp made of hand crafted iron and polished brass, designed by Josef Frank and produced by Svenskt Tenn in good condition. The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass, Iron
Josef Frank, Wall Light, Brass, Rattan, Sweden, 1950s
By Svenskt Tenn, Josef Frank
Located in High Point, NC
A brass and rattan wall light designed by Josef Frank and produced by Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s.
Dimensions of Back Plate (inches) : 3.9 x 1.5 x 0.7 (Height x Width x Depth)
...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank, Floor Lamp, Metal, Brass, Fabric, Sweden, 1940s
By Svenskt Tenn, Josef Frank
Located in High Point, NC
A metal, brass and fabric table lamp designed by Josef Frank and produced by Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1940s.
Socket takes standard E-26 medium base bulb.
There is no maximum watta...
Category
1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Josef Frank J.T. Kalmar Brass Bamboo Table Lamp 'Tisch-Überall', 1940s, Austria
By J.T. Kalmar, Haus & Garten, Josef Frank
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Important & rare, early 1940s 'Tisch Überall' table lamp mod. 1092, designed by Josef Frank for Haus & Garten and manufactured by J.T. Kalmar, handmade in the Viennese Modern...
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1940s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank Floor Lamps Model 1842 Produced by Svenskt Tenn
By Josef Frank
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
A pair of height adjustable floor lamps model 1842 designed by Josef Frank. Produced by Svenskt Tenn in Sweden. Height: 98.5-145 cm.
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
20th Century Swedish Svenskt Tenn Brass Lamp, Scandinavian Light by Josef Frank
By Svenskt Tenn, Josef Frank
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish floor lamp made of handcrafted polished brass, designed by Josef Frank and produced by Svenskt Tenn in good condition. The height of the Scandinavian light is adjustable, composed with a new white small round shade...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Josef Frank, Sconce, Brass, Metal, White Paper, Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1940s
By Svenskt Tenn, Josef Frank
Located in High Point, NC
A brass, metal and white paper sconce designed by Josef Frank and produced by Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1940s.
Dimensions variable, measured as illustrated in first image.
Dimensio...
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1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Floor Lamp Model 1842 Designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1932
By Josef Frank
Located in Stockholm, SE
Floor lamp model 1842 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn,
Sweden, 1932.
Brass.
Measures:
H: 102.5 cm
W: 36 cm
Shade diameter: 24 cm
Base diamete...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank, Floor Lamp, 1950s, Sweden
By Josef Frank, Svenskt Tenn
Located in Los Gatos, CA
Josef Frank, floor lamp, model 2564, Firma Svenskt Tenn. Mahogany feet.
Brass with a white lacquered stem. Textile-covered screen. Height 150 cm.
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank Table Lamp Model G-2466 Produced by Svenskt Tenn
By Josef Frank
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare table lamp model G-2466 designed by Josef Frank. Produced by Svenskt Tenn in Sweden.
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
20th Century Swedish Svenskt Tenn Brass Dressing Table Lamp by Josef Frank
By Josef Frank, Svenskt Tenn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A gold, vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish dressing table lamp with a new white round shade made of hand crafted polished brass, designed by Jos...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Josef Frank Table Lamp
By Josef Frank
Located in San Francisco, CA
A brass coated pewter lamp by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn. Model #2332. Conical wicker shade of later vintage. Two available. Only one shade.
Category
1930s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass, Pewter
Midcentury Modern Table Lamps Model 2466 by Josef Frank , Svenskt Tenn Sweden
By Svenskt Tenn, Josef Frank
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
This 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...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Rare Otto Schulz Floor Lamp in Birch Wood, Josef Frank Shade, Boet, Sweden, 1928
By Svenskt Tenn, Otto Schulz, Boet, Josef Frank
Located in The Hague, NL
This very rare floor lamp was designed by Otto Schulz and produced by his company Boet in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1928. The elegant design is exemplary for the Swedish Grace style with...
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1920s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Fabric, Cotton, Linen, Birch
Josef Frank, Wall Light, Brass, Red Paper, Sweden, 1950s
By Josef Frank
Located in High Point, NC
A brass and paper wall light designed and produced by Josef Frank, Sweden, 1950s.
Sold with lampshade.
Stated dimensions refer to the Sconce with the Shade.
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank, Wall Lights, Brass, Fabric, Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1940s
By Svenskt Tenn, Josef Frank
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of brass and fabric wall lights, designed by Josef Frank and produced by Svenskt Tenn, Stockholm, Sweden, c. 1940s.
Dimensions of back plate (inches) : 0.93 x 2.93 x 0.06 ...
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1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank, Adjustable Wall Light, Brass, Rattan, Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s
By Svenskt Tenn, Josef Frank
Located in High Point, NC
An adjustable wall light / sconce / task light. Designed by Josef Frank 1920s, produced by Svenskt Tenn, Stockholm, Sweden, c. 1950s.
Stated dimensions include lampshade as is il...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Alf Svensson G34 Floor Lamp in Teak, Josef Frank Shade, Bergboms, Sweden, 1960s
By Svenskt Tenn, Alf Svensson, Bergboms, Josef Frank
Located in The Hague, NL
This elegant floor lamp was designed by Alf Svensson and produced by Bergboms in Sweden in the 1960s. This three-legged design is numbered G34.
The design is marked by the three legged base leading to the central tube, all in solid teak wood with a beautiful grain. A brass stem and the light fitting are mounted on top of the teak wood base.
The cylinder shade is a custom design in a beautiful linen Svenskt Tenn fabric...
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
20th Century Swedish Svenskt Tenn Brass Floor Lamp, Vintage Light by Josef Frank
By Svenskt Tenn, Josef Frank
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish reading floor lamp with a new withe round shade made of hand crafted polished brass, composed with its original light switches, designed by Josef...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Josef Frank, Adjustable Wall Light, Brass, Fabric, Sweden, 1950s
By Josef Frank
Located in High Point, NC
A brass and fabric wall light designed and produced by Josef Frank, Sweden, 1950s.
Sold with lampshade.
Stated dimensions refer to the Sconce with the Shade.
Variable dimensions, ...
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank, Adjustable Wall Light, Brass, Fabric, Sweden, 1950s
By Svenskt Tenn, Josef Frank
Located in High Point, NC
A brass and fabric wall light designed by Josef Frank, Sweden, 1950s.
Variable dimensions, measured as illustrated in the first image.
Dimensions of the back plate (inches) : 1 x...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn "2467" Brass Table Lamp, 1950s
By Josef Frank, Svenskt Tenn
Located in Praha 2, Hlavní město Praha
Brass table lamp, model 2467, designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn in Sweden, 1950s.
This elegant and rare Swedish table lamp was designed in the 1950s by renowned Austrian-born...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank, Wall Light, Brass, Paper, Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1940s
By Svenskt Tenn, Josef Frank
Located in High Point, NC
A brass and paper wall light designed by Josef Frank and produced by Svenskt Tenn, Stockholm, Sweden, c. 1940s.
Dimensions of back plate (inches) : 3.87 x 1.37 x 0.68 (H x W x D).
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1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank, Wall Scones, Model 2389, Firma Svenskt Tenn
By Josef Frank, Svenskt Tenn
Located in Stockholm, SE
A pair of wall scones in brass, model 2389. Josef Frank for Firma Svenskt Tenn, Sweden mid-1900s..
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Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank Mid-Century Three-Arm Brass Chandelier, Austria, 1950s
By Josef Frank
Located in Vienna, AT
An elegant and charming Viennese modernist brass chandelier with three arms, designed by Josef Frank. In very good condition, it has still its original lampshades.
Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank, Wall Lights, Brass, Rattan, Sweden, 1950s
By Josef Frank
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of brass and rattan wall light designed and produced by Josef Frank, Sweden, 1950s.
Variable dimensions, measured as illustrated in the first image.
Dimensions of back...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn "2468" Brass Table Lamp, 1960s
By Svenskt Tenn, Josef Frank
Located in Praha 2, Hlavní město Praha
Rare 3-armed brass table lamp, model 2468 (also known as the "traffic light lamp"), designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn in Sweden, 1960s.
Designed by renowned Austrian-born pio...
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank, Table Lamp "2388", Firma Svenskt Tenn
By Josef Frank, Svenskt Tenn
Located in Stockholm, SE
Table lamp model 2388, designed by Josef Frank in 1936. Manufactured by Firma Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, mid-1900s.
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank Brass Mid-Century Table Lamp Model 2552
By Josef Frank
Located in London, GB
A single table lamp by Josef Frank for Firma Svenskt Tenn.
Sweden, c1938, likely c1940s.
Naturally patinated brass, stamped to underside with the model number.
No shade wa...
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1930s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Rare Floor Lamp by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s
By Josef Frank, Svenskt Tenn
Located in Stockholm, SE
Beautiful, rare floor lamp by Josef Frank, made from black lacquered metal and brass. Distinctly sculpted base, pleated satin shade with loose brass top.
Josef Frank was an Austri...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Hoffmann & Josef Frank & Wiener Werkstaette Ball Table Lamp, Re-Edition
By Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Frank, Josef Hoffmann, Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
1920 designed Josef Hoffmann chased brass lamp base, different finishes available. Hand sewn Lamp Shade with a Josef Frank fabric, different patterns available. Sample book of the Wi...
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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Table Lamp Model 2434 Designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1939
By Josef Frank
Located in Stockholm, SE
Table lamp model 2434 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn,
Sweden, 1939.
Polished and lacquered brass with fabric shade.
Measures:
H: 58 cm
W: 50 cm
Josef Frank was a true E...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank, Adjustable Wall Light, Brass, Fabric, Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s
By Svenskt Tenn, Josef Frank
Located in High Point, NC
An adjustable wall light / sconce / task light. Designed by Josef Frank, produced by Svenskt Tenn, Stockholm, Sweden, c. 1950s. Original fabric lampshade.
Stated dimensions includ...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Floor Lamp, Walnut and Brass, Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn
By Svenskt Tenn, Josef Frank
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Floor lamp in walnut and brass, model 2548. Designed by Josef Frank for Firma Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1952.
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
20th Century Swedish Svenskt Tenn Vintage Brass Floor Lamp, Light by Josef Frank
By Josef Frank, Svenskt Tenn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish reading floor lamp with a new white round shade made of hand crafted polished brass, composed with its original light switch, designed by Josef F...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Rare Floor Lamp by Josef Frank for J.T.Kalmar Around 1950s
By J.T. Kalmar, Josef Frank
Located in Wien, AT
Rare Floor lamp by josef Frank for J.T.Kalmar around 1950s
Brass polished and stove enamelled
The fabric shade is replaced ( new )
Rewired ( new ).
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1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank Table Lamp 'Tisch-Überall' Mod. 1092 by Kalmar, Brass Leather, 1950s
By Josef Frank, J.T. Kalmar
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A gorgeous and rare table lamp model 'Tisch-Überall' no. 1092 designed by Josef Frank in 1934 or earlier for Haus & Garten. The offered piece was manufactured by J.T. Kalmar, Vienna,...
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1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank Six Light Brass Chandelier, Viennese Modern Age, 1940s, Austria
By J.T. Kalmar, Josef Frank, Haus & Garten
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Beautiful Josef Frank J.T. Kalmar (attr.) Viennese Modern Age brass chandelier. Josef Frank was one of the founders of Viennese Modern, together with A...
Category
1940s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Floor Lamp Model 2564 Designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s
By Josef Frank
Located in Stockholm, SE
Floor lamp model 2564 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn,
Sweden, 1950s.
White lacquered brass and Lacquered Paper.
Stamped.
This elegant brass floor lamp is adjustable in h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Brass Floor Lamp Model #2148 by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s
By Josef Frank, Svenskt Tenn
Located in Stockholm, SE
Elegant brass floor lamp by Josef Frank with adjustable height. Simple, clean lines, crisp plissé lamp shade.
About Josef Frank:
Josef Frank was ...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank, Floor Lamp, Brass, Leather, White Fabric, Svenskt Tenn, 1950s
By Svenskt Tenn, Josef Frank
Located in High Point, NC
A brass, leather and white fabric floor lamp designed by Josef Frank and produced by Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s.
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Floor Lamps by Josef Frank, circa 1950
By Josef Frank
Located in Berlin, DE
A pair of floor lamps by Josef Frank, born 1885 Baden/Vienna - died 1967 Stockholm.
The lamps are made for Svenskt Tenn, 1950s.
Category
1950s Swedish Arts and Crafts Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Adjustable Wall Fixture Model 2582 by Josef Frank for Firma Svenskt Tenn
By Svenskt Tenn, Josef Frank
Located in Stockholm, SE
Wall lamp in brass, model 2582. Designed by Josef Frank for Firma Svenskt Tenn, mid-1900s. Adjustable length and height.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Table lamp model 2552 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden. 1950s
By Josef Frank
Located in Stockholm, SE
Brass. Table Lamp Model 2552 Designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s
Measures: H 49.5 cm
Josef Frank was a true European, he was also a pioneer of what would become classic 20th century Swedish design and the “Scandinavian Design Style”.
Austrian- born Frank started his design career as an architect after having trained at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna between 1903 and 1910. After his training he went on to teach at Kunstgewerbeschule (The Viennese School of Arts and crafts) where he developed and espoused the new school of modernist thinking towards Architecture and Design that was coming to fruition in Vienna at the time. He also went on to lead the Vienna Werkbund throughout the 1920s. This was a truly progressive group of Architects and Designers who set about improving the daily lives of Austrian people through modernist design and architecture in partnership with Arts and Crafts ideals and construction. Frank’s leadership of the Werkbund had already cemented his place at the forefront of European design.
Frank’s time in Vienna was typified by his design for the “Die Wohnung” exhibition of the Deutscher Werkbund in Stuttgart, 1927 where he exhibited along side his contemporaries at the forefront of design, such as the likes of Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius. Here he showed a specially designed pair of flat-roofed reinforced concrete houses in what is now seen as a typical modernist style.
What separated Frank’s house from the other 32 houses of the exhibition was the interior and furniture inside the building. It was described as “Neo-Classical” and filled with an eclectic mix of period pieces, modern design and pieces designed by Frank himself that seemed to cross the two worlds. This was a complete opposite direction to that which his fellow Architects were travelling in with their pared back and angular aesthetics. Frank said of his own work: “The house is not a work of art, simply a place where one lives,” and by this reasoning Frank rejected the regimental mechanisation of the living space that his contemporaries believed in, instead he set about creating congenial and spontaneous interiors. Frank’s practice saw him placing the bright colours and the soft forms of nature back into the furnishings and interiors that he thought modernism sorely mist.
Frank, along with Oskar Walch set up Haus und Garten in Vienna in 1925. This was Frank’s first commercial foray into furniture and home furnishings and the company went on to become the most influential furnishing house in Vienna with a riotous depth of colour and interesting shapes becoming the trademark of their design. However this success was to come to an end with rise of Nazism in Vienna in the early 1930’s. Frank was Jewish, and he and his wife Anna decided they would leave Vienna for her motherland: Sweden, in 1933. Frank continued to design for Haus and Garten, visiting Vienna occasionally and designing the pieces that would continue to be the company’s best...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Table Lamp #2434 Designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden
By Josef Frank, Svenskt Tenn
Located in Stockholm, SE
Very rare, elegant brass table or desk lamp by Josef Frank, with a dark green shade. Original black leather upholstery on the stem and base. Flexible neck and decorative round brass ...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank, Large Table Lamps, White-Painted Wood, Svenskt Tenn, 1970s
By Svenskt Tenn, Josef Frank
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of large table lamps for Svenskt Tenn, Stockholm, Sweden. In painted turned wood.
Lampshades are not included, stated dimensions are without l...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Floor Lamp Model 2564 Designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s
By Josef Frank
Located in Stockholm, SE
Floor lamp model 2564 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn,
Sweden, 1950s.
Polished and lacquered brass with textile shade.
Dimensions:
H: 151 cm
D: 36.5 cm
Base D: 28.5 cm
J...
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank Two Light Brass Table Lamp, Viennese Modern Age, Austria
By Haus & Garten, Josef Frank
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Very rare and elegant Viennese Modern Age adjustable brass and forged iron table lamp designed by Josef Frank for Haus & Garten in late 1920s, Vienna. ...
Category
1920s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass, Iron
Josef Frank Floor Lamp Model 2564 Produced by Svenskt Tenn in Sweden
By Josef Frank
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare floor lamp model 2564 designed by Josef Frank. Produced by Svenskt Tenn in Sweden.
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank Floor Lamp Model G2424 Produced by Svenskt Tenn in Sweden
By Josef Frank
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare height adjustable floor lamp model G2424 designed by Josef Frank. Produced by Svenskt Tenn in Sweden.
Measures: Height 139-193 cm.
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank Floor Lamp Model 2564 by Svenskt Tenn in Sweden
By Josef Frank
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare floor lamp model 2564 designed by Josef Frank. Produced by Svenskt Tenn in Sweden.
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank Two-Arms Mid-Century Adjustable Brass Floor Lamp, Austria, 1950s
By Josef Frank
Located in Vienna, AT
A very beautiful and unusual Viennese brass floor lamp, attr. Josef Frank in the early 1950s. A charming lamp with two rotatable and height-adjustable arms and lovely details. In excellent condition. Has been carefully restored and rewired and comes with its original refurbished red lampshades.
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Josef Frank Brass Pair of Vintage Table Lamps Vienna 1930s
By Josef Frank
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco Josef Frank vintage table lamps from brass Vienna 1930s.
A rare original brass pair of table lamps or bedside lamps, each with two shades and two switches
The table lamps or bedside lamps show a pleated vintage lamp shade...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank Art Deco Vintage Brass Table Lamp for J. T. Kalmar Vienna circa 1934
By Josef Frank
Located in Vienna, AT
A table lamp by Josef Frank and executed by J. T. Kalmar Vienna, which has an adjustable flexible arm with a leather handle.
The renewed lampshade is covered with beautiful multicolo...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Iron, Brass
Pair of Josef Frank Brass Table Lamps, Model 2467/2, Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s
By Svenskt Tenn, Josef Frank
Located in The Hague, NL
This rare pair of table lamps was designed by Josef Frank and produced by Svenskt Tenn in Sweden in the 1950s. The lamps are marked with the model number 2467/2 on the bottom of the base. This model is no longer in production and was also featured in the 1950s Svenskt Tenn catalogue .
The design is marked by the organic base in a propeller shape. The base is resting and slightly raised on three legs. The base and tubular central stem are all in polished brass. The empire shades have been renewed in an ivory, linen textured fabric which offers a nice contrast with the gold brass.
Later light fittings...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Josef Frank Lighting
Materials
Brass
Josef Frank lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
Josef Frank lighting are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Josef Frank lighting, although beige editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 116 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 2 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original lighting by Josef Frank were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider lighting by Svenskt Tenn, Rörstrand, and Falkenbergs Belysning. Prices for Josef Frank lighting can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $223 and can go as high as $19,922, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $4,900.
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