Collage 20th Century Classics

1930's Large Scandinavian lounge chair new fabric upholstery. Beach wood legs spring system on the seat and back.

Moulded pewter frame and decoration design in the 1920s for Svenskt Teen unsigned.

In response to the 1974 oil crisis, a small group of Swedish engineers obtained government funding to develop a bicycle completely composed of fiber-reinforced composite plastics (FRP). By 1980, the Itera Development Center AB was designing, producing, and marketing injection molded plastic bicycles to a seemingly interested market. However, when the first bicycles were delivered in 1982, the problems with quality assurance and design began stacking up against the company.   Following the IKEA model, bicycles were delivered unassembled. While this may have saved on production costs, not every box contained every part, which upset many customers. Furthermore, the plastic parts broke easily and replacements were hard to come by. With slow sales and many unhappy customers, production ended in 1985 after approximately 30,000 examples were made. The remaining unsold stock was sold to Caribbean region countries where the plastic bicycle became a popular solution to rust-prone medal bicycles. This bicycle has been described as heavy, flexible, and fragile, and is considered one of the worst bikes ever made! The Itera bicycle...

Large seashell sculpture design by Gunnar Nylund made by Rörstrand in Sweden, circa 1960 signed on the bottom size with the pedestal.

Heavy crystal six-sided art glass piece in Graal technique, with internally decoration of fish and seaweed. Signed on bottom, Orrefors Graal 1102M Edwar...

Hard to find table, made by Knoll in short production. Solid Sardinian Beta granite, in grey with rose-white tracery. Top is smooth polished except for bord...

Wonderful American Art Deco design from 1934. Chrome-plated copper coffee set with Bakelite handles and lid holders. Made by Chase Brass and Copper I...

LP48 armchair from 1948 by Ejner Larsen and Aksel Bender Madsen, made by Ludvig Pontoppidan with new white leather upholstery cherry wood legs.

Brazilian rosewood table desk design by Hans Wegner for Andreas Tuck chrome legs sign on the bottom.

Solid mahogany two-seat sofa designed and made by Frits Henningsen in the 1940s. Two-tone velour upholstery with black upper and silver seat.