Birch Furniture

A very fine Scandinavian Empire/Biedermeier secretary in beautiful birch wood with mahogany interior, Denmark, circa 1820. The highly sculptural form makes this piece an outstanding ...

(6) Mid Century Scandinavian Modern Red Brown Leather Dining Chairs Asko Finland. Great Rare set of Finnish Dining Chairs Scandinavian Modern Design with Turned birch rod frame paint...

Rare set of 6 antique Swedish flame golden birch Biedermeier dining chairs from C1870-1920 with the distinctive curved seat back, carved central motif and gracefully curved front leg...

Timberline Table Lamp in Oak and Birch by Mads Caprani for GUBI Originally designed by Mads Caprani in the 1970s, this scaled-down format retains the signature swan-necked shape an...

Pair of Scandinavian Modern birchwood stools by Sven Markelius made in the 1930s. These were made to complement his famous "Orkersterstol". Nicely patinated. Can be used as a stool o...

A petit foldable table model DL82 by Artek in birch with a beautiful red linoleum surface, designed by Aino Aalto and manufactured by Huonekalu-Ja Rakennus työtehdas Oy in the 1930s....

A beautiful modernist mirror in the style of Alvar Aalto, circa 1950s. The design is simple and expresses a low-key elegance, typical for the Finnish Modern design era. This mirror ...

1960s dining table. An iconic piece of mid-century design. The formica top can be extended on both sides thanks to the presence of the pull-out wings. The light birch wood frame an...

A Swedish three-drawer circa 1950. The warm mahogany veneer is beautifully accented with intricate marquetry: a central figure of Diana the Huntress holding a bow and arrow, framed b...

Stunning and elegant Mid-Century Modern wall shelf 112B. Design by Alvar Aalto for Artek Finland. Striking Finnish design from the 1960s. Original birch and birch veneer frame with o...

Antique Swedish Biedermeier Empire sofa in top grade quilted figured veneers in a rich deep French polish finish. Lovely curved legs, arms and back with a fully sprung seat and web...

Exceptional mid-century entomology cabinet made in the 1950s (possibly late 1940s) by Keravan Puuteollisuus Oy, very likely designed by Ilmari Tapiovaara. These specimen chests were ...

Mid century Danish modern Black leather 3 seat sofa with blonde birch wood legs. Beautiful black leather is soft and shows little signs of use but broken in nicely. Great Danish Mode...

A Swedish Biedermeier upholstered sofa, with quilted curly birch veneers, from the mid 19th century. This antique sofa from Sweden has an elegantly swag scallop back top rail with so...

Nice Art Deco drawer made in Sweden in the late 1920s. It’s attributed to famous designer and architect Carl Malmsten. It made in stained birch with ...

A very elegant and distinct pair of teak drawer units designed by Ilmari Tapiovaara and manufactured by Asko in Finland in the 1950s. Among Tapiovaara’s most popular designs, admired...

Beautiful Scandinavian Modern black leather footstool or ottoman designed by Hans Olsen. All original soft black leather down filled cushion. ...

A rare and important American Art Deco Century of Progress Sideboard by iconic designer Wolfgang Hoffmann (Austrian, 1900-1969) for Romweber Company, Batesville, Indiana. circa 1933-1936 Created for the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, fine quality craftsmanship and construction, having a rectangular exotic rosewood veneered top over conforming solid wood case fitted with four drawers affixed with horizontal pulls, the top drawer opening to reveal felt lined divided interior for silverware, flanked by cabinet doors opening to shelved interior, subtle geometric lines add interest. Rosewood, mahogany, richly figured blonde - golden birch or primavera. Signed, top drawer interior, featuring 1933 World's Fair mark impressed. **Please note, at the time of writing this, a matching display case - vitrine cabinet (shown in last photo) is currently available separately** Provenance / Acquisition: Property from the important and iconic Collection of Mr. James I. Rafftesaeth Jr., Dallas, Texas Acquired from highly reputable auction house, Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas. 2022 Design Signature Auction catalog #8091 History: Wolfgang Hoffmann was born in Vienna, Austria in 1900. He is the son of famous architect, pedagogue and Wiener Werkstatte cofounder, Joseph Hoffmann (1870-1956). Early on, following his father’s s interests, he was trained in the decorative arts and design. Wolfgang Hoffmann once reminisced, “I spent eight years at the Realschule, then three years went to a special architectural school, where I perfected my technical knowledge of architecture and general construction. From this school, I was graduated to the Kunstgewerbeschule [Studying under Oskar Strnad and Josef Frank in Vienna]. After finishing this school, I had one and a half years of practical in a well known architect’s office. Thereafter I worked in my Father’s office for two years”. Hoffmann met his future wife, Polish immigrant Pola (1902-1984) when they were both studying at the Kunstgewerbeschule. Joseph Urban (1872-1933) was needing an assistant for his architectural business in New York and contacted his friend and colleague, Joseph Hoffmann in Vienna. Hoffmann recommended his son Wolfgang. Urban hired him and sent a first class passage ticket to Vienna for Wolfgang to travel to New York. Wolfgang married Pola and traded his ticket for two tickets to America in steerage, arriving in New York City in December of 1925. Leaving the Urban office after nine months, Wolfgang and Pola formed an independent design practice with offices on Madison Avenue in Manhattan with the purpose of creating contemporary interiors and industrial designs. Early work included theaters, stores, and apartments mostly in New York City. During the late 1920’s and early 1930’s the Hoffmanns designed custom furniture for private clients. Some of these examples were shown in the February 1929 issue of House and Garden. Curiously, the examples’ design was attributed to Urban and the production to Pola Hoffmann, Inc. Established in the fall of 1928, the American Designers’ Gallery was “devoted exclusively to showing objects and interiors for practical use… by fourteen American architects and designers”. Its members included the Hoffmans and Urban as well as ceramist Henry Varnum Poor (1888-1971), architect Raymond Hood (1881-1934), artist designer Winold Reiss (1886-1953), graphic designer Lucien Bernhard (1896-1981), decorator Donald Deskey (1894-1989), and architect Ely Jacques Kahn (1884-1972). The Hoffmanns’ work was included in the American Designers’ Gallery’s two showcase events, its 1928 and 1929 exhibitions. Their dining alcove at the 1929 event featured a bench with a dinette table and two chairs in American walnut designed by Wolfgang and a rug by Pola. Lucien Bernhard, fellow Austrian immigrant who settled in New York a year before the Hoffmanns, operated the gallery and decorating service Contempora with Munich resident Bruno Paul (1874-1968). The Hoffmanns, occasionally participating with Contempora, designed a number of outstanding interiors, including the constructivist living room of 1930 for Mrs. O.R. Sommerich at 40 East 66th street. In 1934, Donald Deskey commissioned Wolfgang to design birchwood furnishings for the eclectic apartment at 625 Park Avenue belonging to Helena Rubinstein. In 1931, Wolfgang exhibited his work at the Pennsylvania Art Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The same year, with Kem Weber (1889-1963) he organized the second and final exhibition of AUDAC- “Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts”- at the Brooklyn Museum. At this event, the Hoffmanns showed the dining room previously included in the American Designer’s Gallery’s 1929 exhibition in the Chase Bank Building lobby at 145 West 57th Street in Manhattan. In 1932 Wolfgang was asked to assist Urban in developing the color scheme for the 1933-34 Chicago World’s Fair “A Century of Progress”. He was also commissioned to design the interior and furniture for the fair’s lumber industries house. There he executed its living and dining rooms furnished by Kroehler Manufacturing Company of Chicago; the boys’ room by Shower Brothers...

Charles Eames Leg Splint In Original Paper Wrapper Evans Products Company And Is Sealed. 1 Splint Designed by Charles And Ray Eames For The N...

Mid century Swedish birch baroque influenced chest of drawers circa 1950. Beautiful chest of drawers of smaller proportions and unusually made in birch.  Shaped top surface with 4 s...

Mid 20th century elm and birch Scandinavian chest of drawers circa 1960. Fine quality chest of drawers.  Fitted with 3 graduating drawers veneered in elm which also covers the top. ...

The design style that later received its popular name of “Art Deco” was originally named after the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, hosted in Pa...

These rare Art Deco stools was made in Sweden during the 1930-40s. Wonderfully crafted legs with middle part being in brighter birch, the seat newly upholstered in sheepskin/shearli...

A beautiful model X600 stool designed by Alvar Aalto for Artek in the 1960s in Finland. Even though simple, this stool comes with great quality and attention to detail. The less comm...

19th century Swedish Biedermeier secretary bureau crafted in birch veneer with warm golden yellow tones. The clean-lined form includes an upper drawer, central fall-front desk area, ...

Masterful American Sheraton mahogany hinged top serpentine card table with figured cross banded tulip wood, birch and satinwood inlays, outset corners, and terminating on the original bulbous reeded turned tapered legs, Early 19th Century. Attributed to John and Thomas Seymour...

Stained flamed birch cabinet "Roma" for Svenska Möbelfabriken Bodafors, SMF. Designed by Axel Einar Hjorth. Interior has 3 wide shelves, 2 smaller side s...

Cubo Side Table by Edoardo Lietti Studio Unique Piece Dimensions: D 32 x W 32 x H 32 cm. Materials: Birch plywood. Weight: 8 kg. All objects are self-m...

This rare sofa was designed by Märta Blomstedt and produced in Finland in the 1940s. The sofa has been fully reconditioned and newly upholstered in a w...

A very rare model from Arthur Umanoff. Special height chair believed to be used with his rush and birch desks he produced in the era. Note the stool seat height is 19-20" (chair seat is curved). All original with the original swivel metal foot glides and the swivel seat mechanism. Height 31.25". 18" wide and deep. Low foot rest...

Custom and well-crafted modular sliding-door cabinet produced by Eric R.E. Schuster of the Art and Trade Shop of New York City in the early 1940s. Styl...

Set of 6 Vintage Italian Trieste folding chairs designed by Aldo Jacober for Alberto Bazzani. New in box - Like New. Blonde Birch wood and finish. Sold as a set of (6) Chairs Loc...

A 1930s Art Deco table model 149 and named 'Siro' (Petite or graceful in English). The table was produced by Asko and most probably designed by Harald Honkanen who is documented as t...

Rare pair of dining chairs model 615 designed by Aino Aalto. Produced by Artek in Finland.  

A birch and beige fabric floor lamp designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1920s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 67”  H x 18”  W x 20” D Stated dimensions include shade. Bulb Specificati...

This clean-lined Swedish modern side table reflects the core values of Scandinavian design: functionality, balanced proportions, and the natural beauty of materials. Crafted from bi...

A lovely Finnish Art Deco side table in dark stained birch and tubular steel from the 1930s. The table is surprisingly light and can be easily moved around. It features a middle shel...

Scopri la nostra esclusiva cassettiera artigianale, un vero gioiello dell'arte italiana. Ogni dettaglio di questo mobile è frutto di un'abilità artigianale senza pari: i sei cassetti...

These six Alvar Aalto iconic stools from 1930s are beautiful and space saving furniture pieces of timeless design. The legs are mounted directly to the underside of the round seat wi...

Rare armchair / lounge chair designed by Eberhard Krauss for Thonet in 1930 for the exhibition "Thonet Werkbund" in Vienna. This model is sometimes also wrongly attributed to Adolf S...

Nice looking organic floor lamp with a base and the rod in stained birch. The lamp can be adjustable in length and are easy to handle with the rounded metal that is placed on top of ...

Swedish grace/Art Deco desk in the style of Axel Einar Hjorth. Neoclassical arched column shaped legs in elm root veneer with vault shaped pattern on the bottom. Exquisite book match...

Exceptionally rare set of early Alvar Aalto armchairs for O.Y Wilhelm Schauman A.B Jyväskylä, Finland, 1939. Custom ordered for NY World's Fair Restau...

19th Century Secretary with Trick Lock and Secret Compartments Sweden Birch, mahogany Historicism - dated 1857 Dimensions: H x W x D: 126 x 109 x 55 cm Description: Unusual piece ...

A pair of beige velvet and wood lounge or slipper chairs designed by Tor Wolfenstein and produced by Ditzingers, Sweden, 1940s. Previously sold same model pairs carrying manufacture...

A very lovely Louis Philippe fall-front secretary in pine with a light Gustavian-grey/white painted finish, and original French-polished birch wood interior. Features a carved bonnet...

Beautiful “Ingeborg” sofa by Flemming Lassen, with curvesome forms. Designed in 1940 and named after his mother, the artist Ingeborg Winding. Upholstered with caramel colored sheepsk...

Scandinavian Modern Birch and light gray Laminate oval Racetrack Dining table with trestle legs. Designed by Rud Thygesen & Johnny Sorensen. Very simple clean design. Shows normal we...

Large 19th century hand woven and pine basket circa 1895. Generous sized Scandinavian hand woven basket, quite possibly have been used as a crib for an infant.  Carrying handle each end and a solid pine base for extra strength.  Ideal for use today for storage under the bed, or even as a fireplace log...

Very rare if not unique cabinet designed by Axel Einar Hjorth, from the "Caesar" series. Circa 1933. Stained birch. Rich decorated hand carved flamed birch doors panels. Original finish. Marked underneath with pencil on Swedish "Cabinet Lion". Presumably produced by AB Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden. A similar example of the present model was included in the International Exposition, Barcelona, 1929. Designer authenticity was proved by Thomas Ekstrom...

Swedish Modern Mirror by Otto Schulz for Boet, Sweden 1930-40s. It has a very unusual and attractive irregular shape. Made in flame birch and with a wonderful original bevelled mirr...

Constructed with high-quality birch finish, this piece features a rich, warm tone that highlights the natural grain of the wood. Its minimalist design, with clean lines and an airy s...

Arthur Umanoff slatted birch bench/coffee table with iron legs concealing three nesting stools with rush seats (ca. 1950s, USA). Compact piece, ideal for smaller rooms with space li...

"Funkis" is the Swedish term describing the "Funktionell Stil" of the 1930's and 40's. All pieces of furniture from the most impressive Sofa to a modest side table were designed to be "smart" elements of the home or office. This simple golden birch side table with a shelf...

alvar and aino aalto design wardrobe. This is very rare not on the vintage market. Like museum piece.

Large antique root basket from northern Sweden. The basket is woven with birch root around the 1880s and is unusually large. Good vintage condition with some minor marks and traces o...

French Louis XV Style Birch Burl Night Stands, 1920s. Set of 2. Charming pair of bedside tables from France early 20th century. Lovely butter yellow birch veneer with burl patterns...

A set of four dining room or side chairs produced by Bodafors, Sweden, c. 1940s. Vintage fabric, loose trim on seat cushions. Wood frame shows minor to moderate wear. Overall Dime...

Artek 81B table, birch with yellow linoleum. Designer Alvar Aalto. The table is from around the 1950s/60s. The table has signs of wear.

A beautiful folding secretaire with a minimalist vibe and a functional design. This piece is constructed fully of straight lines and has an astonishing flame birch veneered folding c...