Carl Aubock Magazine Holder

Carl Malmsten is one of Sweden's most famous furniture designers. Many of his furniture are considered modern design classics, for example, the cane chair "Lilla Åland...

Large round textured glass wall sconce with solid brass holders. Designed by Carl Fagerlund for Orrefors.

Birch sculptural arms and legs with exposed edge upholstered in black linen fabric.

Two half glass cylinders with single socket and brass rod.

Original production of child's chair, never out of box. Made of beech with label. Made by Johannes Hansen.

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...

Rare.

For five generations the design house of Carl Auböck has been turning ordinary objects like paperweights and bookends into extraordinary objects of beauty in an old town house in Vie...

For five generations the design house of Carl Aub?ock has been turning ordinary objects like paperweights and bookends into extraordinary objects of beauty in an old town house in Vi...

Carl Aubock inspired magazine holder with leather sling and bent black steel frame. In original condition with visible wear consistent with its age and use.

Manufactured by Werkstätten Auböck. brass and leather.

Carl Auböck brass and leather magazine rack, patined cognac leather and brass, model 3808 Note; strong patina and wear with several tears on edges and underside, consistent with age...