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Stendig Co. Tables

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Stendig Co. played a pivotal role in introducing modern European furniture to the American market, thanks to the business acumen of founder Charles Stendig.

Around 1950, the Brooklyn, New York–born Stendig (1924–2024) worked for Raymor, a purveyor of modern china and accessories that is best known for distributing designer Russel Wright’s American Modern line of ceramics. While at Raymor, Stendig focused on the company’s less popular pieces that were made in Italy and Scandinavia, recognizing their potential for the American market. In 1955, he left the company and decided to establish Stendig Co.

That year, a chance encounter with a Finnish trade representative led him to furniture company Asko — one of the largest companies operating in Scandinavia. Asko invited him and Joseph Carreiro, a professor at the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University of the Arts), to help refine their designs.

At Asko’s production facility in Finland, Stendig met several renowned Finnish designers such as Ilmari Tapiovaara, Tapio Wirkkala and Eero Aarnio, the iconic Ball chair creator. Stendig’s trip there was a success, and Stendig Co. began importing Finnish furniture to the United States.

In 1956, the first Stendig Co. showroom opened in Manhattan. A year later, during a trip to Zurich, Stendig came across a Bauhaus–inspired furniture store featuring pieces by Swiss designers Kurt Thut, Hans Eichenberger and Robert Haussmann, the store’s co-owner. Following a meeting with Haussmann, Stendig became the retailer’s exclusive U.S. distributor.

Throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s, Stendig Co. imported and sold furniture from influential European designers, including Swiss designer Bruno Rey, Italian architect and industrial designer Vico Magistretti and Hungarian-American architect and designer Marcel Breuer, creator of the Wassily lounge chair.

By the late 1960s, Stendig Co. moved its headquarters to an expansive space on Manhattan’s East Side and opened showrooms in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago, each home to the company’s striking collection of mid-century European armchairs, sofas, dining room chairs, coffee tables and other furnishings. Stendig’s founder was by then representing Italian manufacturers Poltronova and Gufram and bringing revolutionary works of Italian Radical design to American shores.

In 1971, Charles Stendig sold the company to Burlington Industries. He retired in 1976. Today Stendig’s European imports are coveted by interior designers and vintage furniture collectors, and he will be forever known as the man who introduced modern European design to the United States.

Find a range of vintage Stendig Co. furniture on 1stDibs.

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Creator: Stendig Co.
Henri Ganz for Stendig Swiss mirror chrome base round glass top coffee table
By Stendig Co.
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Henri Ganz for Stendig Swiss mirror chrome curved triangle chrome steel base with thick round plate glass top coffee table. Glass top is 40" in diameter x 1/2” thick x 13" high
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1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stendig Co. Tables

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Marcel Breuer Set of Nesting Rectangle Coffee and Side Table Stendig, Finland
By Stendig Co., Marcel Breuer
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern tubular frame design set of rectangular coffee table and a side table measuring: 19 x 21.5 x 18.
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3 Breuer Designed Tables Made in Finland by Stendig 1 End Table 2 Coffee Tables
By Marcel Breuer, Stendig Co.
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Great complete set of Bauhaus School Breuer designed tables (Laccio) manufactured by Stendig, made in Finland. This vintage suite includes 2 rectangular coffee tables (53 W x 19 D x ...
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1950's Steel and Laminate Table, Stendig Finland
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A beautiful modernist designed black iron center table with wood trimmed white laminate top by Stendig, Finland - decal Stendig labels on the s...
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Stendig Co. tables for sale on 1stDibs.

Stendig Co. tables are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of stone and are designed with extraordinary care. Many of the original tables by Stendig Co. were created in the mid-century modern style in switzerland during the 1970s. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider tables by Ilmari Tapiovaara, Laukaan Puu, and Alvar Aalto. Prices for Stendig Co. tables can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $3,400 and can go as high as $3,400, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $3,400.

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