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Dux of Sweden Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Today, Swedish manufacturer DUX’s most popular furniture lines — as well as the furnishings created by its first president, Folke Ohlsson — are synonymous with the work that vintage mid-century modern design obsessives love. Also important, the brand is known for some of the most commonplace means of furniture shipping and production in the modern era.

In Sweden, Studio Ljungs Industrier AB is the large family-owned parent company of Duxiana (in America, DUX). Initially a purveyor of bedding that is today celebrated for its ergonomically guided designs, Ljungs Industrier was founded by entrepreneur (and chocolate maker) Efraim Ljung in 1926. In 1950, Folke Ohlsson, then leading Ljungs Industrier’s design team, decamped to the States to explore how he could expand DUX’s business, which at that point included a wide range of furniture. Ohlsson established a DUX office not long after he arrived in California, first in San Francisco and later in Burlingame.

On the West Coast, the booming postwar American market was eager to embrace DUX’s affordable and practical bedroom furnishings, tables, armchairs and other seating. Characterized by sleek walnut and teak frames and low-slung silhouettes, the brand’s designs were emblematic of a generation of Scandinavian modernism that had gained popularity owing to visionaries such as product designer and architect Greta Magnusson-Grossman, who arrived in California from Sweden a decade prior to Ohlsson, and Finn Juhl, who created a Danish modern line for Michigan’s Baker Furniture Company in 1951.

DUX frequently collaborated with top-tier furniture design talent — among them Bruno Mathsson, Edward Wormley and Alf Svensson, a chief designer in the Malmö, Sweden, office of Ljungs Industrier — expanding the brand’s portfolio and establishing credibility as a design source. Ohlsson’s own designs, such as his comfortable leather lounges and wool-upholstered reclining rocking chairs, continue to be among the brand’s most desirable — and most imitated — however.

In 1949, DUX put into practice an idea that Ohlsson patented for the so-called “knock-down,” or “KD,” chair, a term referencing easy, flat-pack assembly. It saved DUX space in warehouses and money on transportation and was a concept that would provide inspiration to hundreds of subsequent companies — most notably fellow Swedish brand IKEA.

Today, vintage DUX sofas and dining chairs are valuable collector’s items. Find this coveted seating and other authentic DUX furniture on 1stDibs.

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Creator: Dux of Sweden
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dux of Sweden Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Danish modern coffee table made by DUX with woven shelf. Please confirm location NY or NJ.
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dux of Sweden Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Teak

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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dux of Sweden Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Vintage Solid teak coffee table by Tove and Edvard Kindt-Larsen for AB Seffle Mo
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Vintage Solid teak coffee table by Tove and Edvard Kindt-Larsen for AB Seffle Mobelfabrik. Beautifully refinished with great lines. Sculpted side...
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dux of Sweden Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Scandinavian Modern Teak Coffee Table by Yngve Ekström for DUX, 1950s
By Dux of Sweden, Yngve Ekström
Located in Westport, CT
An exquisitely rare coffee table, executed in teak designed by Yngve Ekström for Dux, featuring brass accents. Completely restored. Other desi...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Dux of Sweden Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Brass

Expertly Restored - Tove & Edvard Kindt-Larsen Teak Coffee Table for Dux
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Located in Los Angeles, CA
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dux of Sweden Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dux of Sweden Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Dux Of Sweden coffee and cocktail tables for sale on 1stDibs.

Dux of sweden coffee and cocktail tables are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Dux of Sweden coffee and cocktail tables, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original coffee and cocktail tables by Dux of Sweden were created in the Scandinavian Modern style in sweden during the mid-20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider coffee and cocktail tables by Seffle Möbelfabrik AB, Folke Ohlsson, and Carl Malmsten. Prices for Dux of Sweden coffee and cocktail tables can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $822 and can go as high as $5,500, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $2,250.
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    Royal Dux Bohemia is a stamp found on the bottom of some pieces of porcelain produced during the 19th century. It refers to the company that produced it, Royal Dux, and the workshop's location, Bohemia, a region in what is now the Czech Republic. Find a collection of Royal Dux porcelain on 1stDibs.
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