Källemo Tables
“An object shall stand the wear of the eye!” proclaimed Swedish entrepreneur Sven Lundh (1925–2015), who took over operations at revered furniture company Källemo in 1971. For decades, the innovative brand has accomplished just that with a range of original and unconventional pieces that draw on — and regularly push the boundaries of — Scandinavian modern and postmodern design.
Based in Vänamo in southern Sweden, Källemo was originally established in 1947 before it was taken over by Lundh in 1971. Lundh’s vision for Källemo was to evolve the company and to create sustainable furniture that would be both functional and wholly sculptural. The interest in creating forward-looking seating, case pieces, tables and more that are as much furniture as they are art deepened for Lundh during the 1980s, when Swedish designers began to explore the ideas that underpin postmodernism in their work.
Lundh sought to secure long-term partnerships with modernist and postmodernist Swedish and European artists and designers such as Jonas Bohlin, the creator of the scandalous Concrete chair, which caught Lundh’s attention at Konstfack’s student exhibition in 1982. Bohlin’s minimalist armchair, featuring an angular steel frame and concrete seat and headrest, was meant to be presented as a sculpture, but it fit Lundh’s idea of “artistic furniture.” Källemo produced the Concrete chair as a limited-edition series, and it became one of the company’s best known pieces.
Over the years, Källemo has collaborated with Gustav Persson — designer of Källemo’s Bank bench — Mats Theselius, John Vedel-Rieper, Jens Harald Quistgaard, Gunnar Myrstrand and numerous other artists and designers to create its unique collection of furniture. In 1996, Lundh’s son Erik and daughter Karin took the helm at Källemo, which remains a family-owned firm. Today Källemo pieces are held in permanent museum collections throughout Sweden and Europe.
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Källemo Tables
Oak
20th Century Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Källemo Tables
Teak
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Källemo Tables
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Russian Brutalist Källemo Tables
Oak
1960s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Källemo Tables
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Källemo Tables
Cane, Rattan, Oak
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Källemo Tables
Oak
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Källemo Tables
Walnut
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Källemo Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Källemo Tables
Ash
1960s European Brutalist Vintage Källemo Tables
Oak
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Källemo Tables
Rubber, Birch
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Källemo Tables
Lacquer
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Källemo Tables
Pine
20th Century French Brutalist Källemo Tables
Wood, Oak
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Källemo Tables
Teak
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Källemo Tables
Teak
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Källemo Tables
Laminate, Teak, Rosewood
1990s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Källemo Tables
Steel
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Källemo Tables
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Källemo Tables
Teak