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Vase ‘Surrea’ designed by Wilhelm Kåge for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1940s. Stoneware with Carrara glaze. The ‘Surrea’ vase was made by Wilhelm Kåge for Gustavsberg in 1940. The Swede b...

Tapestry designed by Leo Reis, Sweden, 1980s. Hand woven wool. Signed "Leo Reis" Measurements: H: 217 cm / 6' 9 1/2'' W: 190 cm / 6' 3 3/4''

Tapestry by Leo Reis, Sweden 1980s. Handwoven wool. Measurements: H: 195 cm/ 6' 4 3/4'' L: 176 cm/ 5' 9 1/4''

Brass and lacquered brass. Provenance: Näsby Slott, Täby. Active between the 1950s and 1970s—in the golden age of Scandinavian design—Swedish interior decorator and furniture desig...

Tapestry by Bodil Bödtker Naess, Denmark, 1980s. Wool and nylon cord. Measurements: H: 100 cm/ 39 ½” L: 279 cm/ 9' 2”.  

Ceiling lamp designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1954. Stoneware. Measurements: H: 52 cm/ 1'9" D: 20 cm/ 8". Carl-Harry Stålhane (1920-1990) was born in the to...

Painting by Rune Hagberg, Sweden, 1970s. Mixed media. H: 95 cm / 3’ 1 1/2" W: 48 cm / 1’ 7” Rune Fredrik Hagberg was a renowned Swedish artist that took much of his inspiration from Zen Buddhism spirituality and Eastern Calligraphy. He is represented at, among many others, the Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, and the Norrköping Art Museum. Hagberg’s meditative informalism is placed between the concretism and expressionism of the 1950s, his art becoming simpler until he reduced it so far that only tightly closed picture reels...

Lacquered metal and leather. Measurements: H: 38 cm/ 15" D: 38 cm/ 15" W: 36 cm/ 14 1/8" Alvar Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture...

Cast iron, brass, lacquered metal and leather. Rare model. Alvar Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, lighting, and glassware,...

Floor lamp designed by Hans Bergström for Ateljé Lyktan, Sweden, 1950s. Brass with a fabric shade. Stamped. Measurements: H: 102 cm / 3' 4'' D: 26 cm / 10 1/4'' Diameter of shade...

Set of twelve copper serving plates Anonymous Denmark, 1960s Dia: 28 cm / 11"

This vintage armchair is a refined example of the work of Otto Schulz, whose distinctive approach played a formative role in early twentieth-century Swedish design. The form draws in...

This monumental wall lamp was designed in the 1950s by Sten Hummel Gumaelius and produced in Sweden. Executed in brass with elongated opaline glass shades, the composition balances a...

This monumental wall lamp was designed in the 1950s by Sten Hummel Gumaelius and produced in Sweden. Executed in brass with elongated opaline glass shades, the composition balances a...

This pair of candlesticks was designed in the 1950s by Gunnar Ander and produced in Sweden in polished brass. The composition emphasises verticality and proportion, with wide, flat b...

Model 914 is a refined bedside table designed in the 1950s by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn. Executed in mahogany, the piece is defined by clear proportions and a practical, well-bala...

Occasional table designed by Frits Henningsen, Denmark, 1940’s. Rosewood with brass handles. Dimensions: H: 53 cm / 1’ 9 3/4” L: 130 cm / 4’ 3 1/4” W: 64 cm / 2' 2/3” Henningsen b...

Dining table, designed by Mogens Kold, Denmark. 1960’s. Brazilian rosewood. Measurements: Height: 73 cm/ 28 3/4'' Length when closed: 135 cm/ 53''. Two extension leaves at 45 cm/ 1...

Porcelain. Vase by Algot Eriksson for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1900s. H: 73 cm/ 2' 4 3/4" D: 27 cm/ 10' 1/2"

Veneer wood relief. Tapio Wirkkala originally designed these panels as tabletops for the company Asko. He created several different marquetry patterns; some panels had a dark base a...

Vase/sculpture 'The Apple' designed by Ingeborg Lundin for Orrefors, Sweden, 1957 Glass. Measures: H: 38.5 cm / 1’ 3” W: 32.5 cm / 1’ 3/4" Ingeborg Lundin studied at the National...

Dining chairs designed by Hans Wegner for Johannes Hansen, Denmark, 1960s. Wenge, steel, and leather. Set of six. Measurements: H: 81 cm/ 31 3/4'' W: 52 cm/ 20 1/2'' D: 42 cm/ 16 1...

Sofa ‘Royal’ designed by Werner West for Oy Stockmann AB, Finland, 1950s. Textile upholstery and lacquered wood legs. Measurements: H: 79 cm / 2’ 7” SH:...

Vessel ‘Kyoto’ designed by Signe Persson-Melin, Sweden, 2008. Celadon glazed stoneware. Signed. Signe Persson-Melin's 'Kyoto' jardinière is a celadon glazed stoneware vessel craft...

Pair of wall lamps, designed by Alvar Aalto for Valaistustyö, Finland, 1950s Brass and lacquered steel. Very rare example. Dimensions: Total depth: 50 cm / 1' 6 1/2" D: 30 cm / 9 ...

Sofa BO64 designed by Finn Juhl for Bovirke, Denmark, 1940s. Savak wool upholstery and stained wooden legs. Provenance: Acquired by current owner at Bovir...

Stool designed by Mogens Lassen for K. Thomsen, Denmark, 1942. Teak. Stamped. Model presented at The Copenhagen Cabinetmakers' Guild Exhibition at Designmuseum Denmark, 1942. H: ...

Table lamp model 2434 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1939. Polished and lacquered brass with fabric shade. Dimensions: H: 58.5 cm / 1' 11" W: 18 cm / 7" D: 52 cm...

Rug, designed by Impi Sotavalta, Finland, 1930s. Flat weave rug. Dimensions: L: 299 cm / 9’ 9 1/4’’ W: 190 cm / 6’ 2 3/4’’

‘The Propeller Stool’ model 8783 designed by Kaare Klint for Rud. Rasmussens Cabinetmakers, Denmark, 1930. Canvas and ash. Signed. Kaare Klint was the father of Scandinavian moder...

Wall sculpture designed by Jörgen Larsen, Denmark. 1970's. Forged iron. Measurements: L: 182 cm/ 5' 11 1/2'' H: 84 cm/ 33 1/2'' D: 14 cm/ 5 1/2''

Chest of drawers model 146 designed by Carl-Axel Acking for Svenska Möbelfabriken, Sweden, 1940s. Elm with alder root drawers, brass. Marked "SM No. 146" Measurements: H: 94 cm/ ...

Occasional table/ Bench model 5274, designed by Börge Mogensen for Fredericia Stolefabrik, Denmark. 1950's. Oak and cane. Measurements: W: 69 cm/ 27" D: 69 cm/ 27" H: 35 cm/ 13 3/4"

Vase Fabula by Per B Sundberg for Orrefors, Sweden. 2003. Unique. H: 22 cm / 8 3/4''

Vase “Fabula” designed by Per B. Sundberg for Orrefors, Sweden. 1998. Paper and glass.

Vase by Kyllikki Salmenhaara for Arabia, Finland, 1950s. Stoneware. Dimensions: H: 20 cm/ 7 7/8'' D: 18 cm/ 7 1/8'' Salmenhaara began to study at the Department of Ceramics of the Central School of Applied Arts under Elsa Elenius...

Pair of bedside tables, anonymous for DUX, Sweden. 1960s. Cane, rattan and teak. The colonial-style combination of cane, rattan, and teak makes this Scandinavian bedside table desi...

Ceiling lamp model A332 “Beehive” designed by Alvar Aalto for Valaistustyo, Finland, 1953. Painted aluminium and polished brass. Early six tier version. Stamped, 'VAlAISTUSTYO A33...

Oak and teak. Measurements: L: 76.5 cm / 2’ 6” W: 102 cm / 3’ 4” H: 73 cm / 2’ 4 3/4" L with extension: 198 cm / 6’ 4”. Hans J. Wegner is the father of Danish design and is well ...

Side/bedside table, anonymous, Denmark. 1960's. Wenge. Dimensions: H: 50 cm/ 19 3/4" L: 50 cm/ 19 3/4" D: 40 cm/ 15 3/4"

Triptych, anonymous, Finland, 1960s. Wood relief. Size of each frame: H: 60 cm/ 23 5/8" W: 60 cm/ 23 5/8" Provenance: Stora Enso's head quarter in Helsinki.

Table, anonymous, for Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden. 1930's. Black lacquered wood with engraved pewter. Dimensions: H: 55 cm/ 1' 9 21/32'' W: 49.5 cm/ 1...

Vase designed by Per B. Sundberg for Orrefors, Sweden. 1990's. Glass. Dimensions: H: 28 cm/ 11'' Per B. Sundberg grew up in Huddinge, south of Stockholm, where he early showed interest in creative expression, including in textile. Sundberg applied and was accepted to the pottery division at Capellagården in Vickleby 1983-85. In the years 1985-1992 he studied glass and ceramics at Konstfack in Stockholm, with a break in 1988 to study at the Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle. Per B Sundberg altered the course of Swedish design in the 1990s with the advent of new techniques and the creation of experimental...

This painting, 'Fra Coma til Egba', was executed in 1977 by Kai Führer and forms part of his sustained investigation into abstract geometric composition within post-war Danish art. T...

Occasional table designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden. 1950s. Mahogany. H: 45 cm L: 80 cm D: 40 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...

Painting by Harry Booström, Sweden. 1953. Oil on panel Signed: Booström Measuremnets: H: 129.5 cm/ 4' 3 1/4" W: 96.5 cm/ 3' 2 1/2" D: 8 cm/ 3" Provenance: William and Maud Appelq...

Painting by Harry Booström, Sweden, 1954. Oil on panel. Signed: Booström Measurements: H: 69.2 cm/ 2' 3 1/2" W: 85 cm/ 2' 9 3/4" D: 8 cm/ 3" Provenance: William and Maud Appelqui...

Painting ‘No. II’ by Harry Booström, Sweden. 1953. Oil on panel. Measurements: H: 89 cm/ 2' 11" W: 119 cm/ 3' 10 7/8" Provenance: William and Maud Ap...

This paired set of relief paintings, titled 'Around Malevitch' and created in 1976 by Poul Pedersen, offers a measured and intellectually rigorous meditation on modernist legacy and ...

Painting by Sven Hansson, Sweden. Oil on canvas. Dimensions: H: 120 cm/ 3' 12" W: 90 cm/ 2' 12 1/4" Provenance: the estate of the artist. Working in a purely geometric, non-fig...

Painting by Sven Hansson, Sweden. 1979. Painted wood relief on board. Dimensions: H: 42 cm/ 16 1/2" W: 51 cm/ 20'' Provenance: the estate of the artist. Working in a purely geome...

Painting by Sven Hansson, Sweden, 1985. Oil on canvas. Provenance: from the collection of the artist's family. Signed and dated: "S. Hansson K. 1985" Dimensions: H: 89.5 cm/ 2' ...

Painting by Sven Hansson, Sweden, 1982. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated "Sven Hansson 1982". Dimensions: H: 95 cm/ 3' 1 3/8" W: 130 cm/ 4' 3 1/8" Provenance: The collection of t...

Oil on board. Dated and signed. Measurements: H: 71 cm/ 2' 4 1/2'' W: 120 cm/ 3' 11 3/4''. Working in a purely geometric, non-figurative style, Sven Hansson was a Swedish painter...

Vase Fabula and Ariel designed by Per B. Sundberg for Orrefors, Sweden. 2004. Glass. Dimensions: H: 20 cm/ 7 7/8" D: 17 cm/ 6 2/3" Unique. Signed Orrefors 9663-87 Per B Sundberg. Per B. Sundberg grew up in Huddinge, south of Stockholm, where he early showed interest in creative expression, including in textile. Sundberg applied and was accepted to the pottery division at Capellagården in Vickleby 1983-85. In the years 1985-1992 he studied glass and ceramics at Konstfack in Stockholm, with a break in 1988 to study at the Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle. Per B Sundberg altered the course of Swedish design in the 1990s with the advent of new techniques and the creation of experimental ceramics...

Vase designed by Per B. Sundberg for Orrefors, Sweden. 2003. Glass. Dimensions: H: 27 cm/ 10 2/3" D: 18 cm/ 7" Unique. Signed Orrefors 9454-87 Per B Sundberg. Per B. Sundberg grew up in Huddinge, south of Stockholm, where he early showed interest in creative expression, including in textile. Sundberg applied and was accepted to the pottery division at Capellagården in Vickleby 1983-85. In the years 1985-1992 he studied glass and ceramics at Konstfack in Stockholm, with a break in 1988 to study at the Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle. Per B Sundberg altered the course of Swedish design in the 1990s with the advent of new techniques and the creation of experimental ceramics...

Vase designed by Per B. Sundberg for Orrefors, Sweden. 2004. Glass. Dimensions: H: 22 cm/ 8 2/3" D: 20 cm/ 7 7/8" Unique. Signed Orrefors 9450-87 Per B Sundberg. Per B. Sundberg grew up in Huddinge, south of Stockholm, where he early showed interest in creative expression, including in textile. Sundberg applied and was accepted to the pottery division at Capellagården in Vickleby 1983-85. In the years 1985-1992 he studied glass and ceramics at Konstfack in Stockholm, with a break in 1988 to study at the Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle. Per B Sundberg altered the course of Swedish design in the 1990s with the advent of new techniques and the creation of experimental ceramics...

Rug “Ursula” designed by Märta Måås-Fjetterström for MMF AB, Sweden, 1935. Handwoven wool. Measurements: L 270 cm/ 8' 10 ¾” W 164 cm/ 5' 5”. Märta Måås-Fjet...

Cabinet, anonymous, Denmark, 1950s. Oregon pine. This charming piece is an exquisite example of Danish cabinetmaking. The visible corner joints and the stretcher’s through mortise...

Rölakan technique. Wool.