Swedish Modern Teak and Birch Table, Mid-20th Century

Rare triangular Scandinavian (most likely Swedish) teak coffee or side table from the 1950s on an oak tripod base. Very good vintage condition with light ware consistent with age and...

Mid-century teak chest of drawers with 5 drawers and round brass handles made by Swedish company Treman in the 1960s. The lower part of the lags has a darker staining which makes a n...

Very rare loung chair from ca 1940 in birch (or maybe elm) with new off-white fabric to both cushions. The pegs / stems at the backrest are made of bambu and the seat cushion is held...

Four legged Art Nouveau stool, in the style of Thonet, with a relief pattern on the round seat. Made around the early 20th century. Base and legs made of eboniozed black lacquered birch. It also contains a little brass ring under...

Rare early 20th century dentist / medical chair made in white painted wood with dark green leather upholstered seat and neck rest. The neck rest is height adjustable so it would accommodate both adults and children when in use. The seat also has a very modernist pattern made with upholsterers decor nails similar to that of German/Swedish designer Otto Schulz and what he used on his cabinets. The high back style of chair is also very much associated with the grand father of Scottish design Charles Rennie...

Pair of eclectic vintage brass and faux tusks side or lamp tables with oval glass tops from the 1970s or 1980s. Possibly Italian or French in origin. Round brass base with round leg ...

Swedish early 20th century birch side table circa 1900. Good functional piece of furniture with numerous possibilities around the home.  This could be used in the living room as a l...

Mid-20th century circular birch occasional table circa 1940. Fine quality burr birch circular occasional table in the the victorian style. Quarter veneered top surface with burr g...

Mid 20th century Scandinavian modern teak side table circa 1960. Teak side table with 2 front drawers. Formica inlaid top and dark stained standing on y frame legs which supports a ...

Mid-20th century Scandinavian birch side table, circa 1940. Rectangular top side or sofa table made in birch. Oversailing top decorated with kingwood veneer. Supported by a centra...

Pair of early 20th century Swedish birch side tables, circa 1920. Unusual pair of birch tables that have potential multiple uses, but we think they would work well as a pair of lamp tables...

From the Annika series. 1950's. Stamped. Patinated wood. As the descendant of four generations of Swedish master cabinetmakers, Bruno Mathsson was born to design furniture. Mathsson was known as a methodical perfectionist who made usefulness the fundamental attribute of his works, yet he was also a ceaseless experimenter, who constantly searched for improvements in form, materials and methods of making. Like the Finnish designer Alvar Aalto, Mathsson was one of the first Scandinavians to embrace undulating, biomorphic forms in furniture. His early pieces such as the Eva and Pernilla series of chairs incorporate dramatically flowing bent beechwood frames, making them some of the most instantly recognizable works of 20th-century design. Mathsson was also a pioneer of ergonomics — he is said to have based the contours of his chairs on the impression his body made when he sat in a snow bank — and used supple, accommodating woven webbing for seats. His concern for practicality is shown by pieces such as the Maria table. An elegant design with gate legs and hinged leaves, the table measures more than nine feet long when fully extended, but folds down to just nine inches in thickness. From the mid-1940s through the 1950s, Mathsson focused on architecture, designing and building houses with insulated, triple-glazed window walls...