Tallboy Cabinet by Josef Frank 'Model 955'
View Similar Items
Tallboy Cabinet by Josef Frank 'Model 955'
About the Item
- Creator:Josef Frank (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 51.25 in (130.18 cm)Width: 48 in (121.92 cm)Depth: 16.5 in (41.91 cm)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1939
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Long Island City, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU5695234143492
Josef Frank
Austrian architect and furniture and fabric designer Josef Frank was a leading voice for a gentle, humane modernism. His advocacy of warm, comfortable, eclectically styled environments was highly influential in his adopted country of Sweden, and it’s now widely regarded as a harbinger of the backlash against doctrinaire modernism and the embrace of the homespun that occurred in the late 1960s.
The son of a successful Viennese textile manufacturer, Frank studied architecture at Vienna University of Technology, graduating in 1910. From the first years of his practice, he marched counter to the orderly, symmetrical architectural layouts and decors prescribed by contemporaries such as Adolf Loos.
Frank drafted rooms of varying shapes and called for flexible interior-design arrangements. His furniture pieces are light and easy to move — and his chairs are always made of wood, most often with lushly curved steam-bent arms and slatted backs. Frank openly loathed the tubular steel furnishings and “machine for living” aesthetic promoted by Le Corbusier and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and other Bauhaus principals. “The home must not be a mere efficient machine,” Frank once said. “It must offer comfort, rest and coziness…. There are no puritan principles in good interior decoration.”
Frank — who was Jewish — sensed the dire implications of the rise of Nazism in Germany and Austria, and in 1933 he moved to Stockholm with his Swedish wife, Anna. He became the design chief for the furnishings maker Svenskt Tenn and found a perfect match culturally for his brand of simple, relaxed and bright creations. Like many modernists — notably Charles and Ray Eames and Alexander Girard — Frank had a deep love of folk art, which influenced his designs for a wide array of colorful, richly patterned upholstery fabrics, many based on the classic “Tree of Life” motif.
In all his designs, Frank took inspiration from a broad variety of sources. In his furniture, one can discern traces of Asian patterns, Rococo, Italian Renaissance, Scandinavian handicrafts and even Chippendale pieces. As such, the work of Frank — the friendly modernist — is at home in any type of décor.
Find vintage Josef Frank pillows, armchairs, floor lamps and other furniture on 1stDibs.
- Wall Cabinet by Robert EngvallLocated in Long Island City, NYWall Cabinet by Robert Engvall in tiger maple wood featuring an open interior with two rows of brass hooks.Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
MaterialsBrass
- Rare Danish Pine CabinetLocated in Long Island City, NYRare Danish Floating Pine Cabinet with brass handles and double-sided shelving.Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
MaterialsPine
$3,500 - Fledermaus Chair by Josef Hoffman (Model 728)By Josef HoffmannLocated in Long Island City, NYFledermaus Chair by Josef Hoffmann for Jacob and Josef Kohn, crafted in bent beechwood with wooden spheres at the joinery points (Model 728).Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Side Chairs
MaterialsBeech
- Italian Modern Walnut and Parchment CabinetLocated in Long Island City, NYItalian Modern Walnut and Parchment Cabinet with storage.Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
MaterialsBrass
- 19th Century Two Door Hand Painted Wooden CabinetLocated in Long Island City, NY19th century two door hand painted wooden cabinet. This cabinet features interior shelving, hand painted floral and bird motifs, and a bras...Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
MaterialsBrass
- Hanging Wall Cabinet by George NakashimaBy George NakashimaLocated in Long Island City, NYHanging wall cabinet by George Nakashima featuring a single board plank top with free-edge, elongated expressive detail atop case with three slidi...Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
MaterialsRosewood, Walnut
- Cabinet on Stand Model 2135 Designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, SwedenBy Josef FrankLocated in Stockholm, SECabinet on stand model 2135 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s. Cherry wood and alder root veneer. Signed. Dimensions: H: 140 cm / 4' 7" W: 105 cm / 3' 5 1/2"...Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
MaterialsCherry
- Josef Frank Cabinet for Svenskt TennBy Josef FrankLocated in Pawtucket, RIBeautiful, elegant and large sideboard designed by Josef Frank. Manufactured by Svenskt Tenn, circa 1940s. Cabinet features four doors concealing one adjustable shelf per compartment...Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Cabinets
MaterialsBrass
- Josef Frank 'Gustav V' Cabinet in Rosewood, Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950sBy Josef Frank, Svenskt TennLocated in The Hague, NLThis elegant rosewood cabinet was designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn in the late 1930's. In the Svensk Tenn archive's furniture book, Estrid Ericson (the founder of Svenskt Tenn) has made a pencil sketch of the cabinet and written "designed for the King", Gustaf V, likely for his 80th birthday in 1938. So this particular model 792 also became known as the Gustav V model. The rare cabinet on offer here was produced by Svenskt Tenn in Sweden in the early 1950s. The model was usually produced in pyramid mahogany, only a few pieces were made in rosewood. The cabinet has double doors, veneered in mirorred rosewood, with a solid oak interior with a total of 10 pull-out drawers. Brass key and round brass door hinges...Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Cabinets
MaterialsOak, Rosewood, Wood
- IVY Cabinet, Cherry, Brass, Josef FrankLocated in Miami, FLIVY Cabinet by Dosbananos. Two-door cabinet covered in original Josef Frank 'Paradiset' wallpaper. Cherry wood with brass hinges and brass stretchers. Cabinet has four adjustable she...Category
2010s American Modern Cabinets
MaterialsBrass
- Josef Frank Art Deco Cherrywood Brass Cabinet Haus Und Garten circa 1925, ViennaBy Josef FrankLocated in Vienna, ATJosef Frank Art Deco cherrywood cabinet or Bergemöbel for Haus Und Garten, Vienna, circa 1925 Josef Frank is one of the most popular Austrian represen...Category
Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Cabinets
MaterialsBrass
- Mahogany and Brass Chest of Drawers by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, SwedenBy Josef Frank, Svenskt TennLocated in Stockholm, SECool mahogany chest of drawers by Josef Frank, with an amazing, playful silhouette. Elegant brass handles.Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
MaterialsBrass