Art Deco Desk by NORDISKA KOMPANIET

Folding table by Nordiska. Birch wood veneer. and bronze sabots. Argentina, CIRCA 1940.

Art Deco desk lamp, made in gilt bronze, with a retractable shade and an original chain ignition system. France, CIRCA 1930.

Art Deco circular nest table by Nordiska. Birch veneer and inlays. Argentina, CIRCA 1940.

Pair of Art Deco desk lamps. Chromed bronze and details in copper. Europe, circa 1940.

Art Deco desk lamp made in chromed metal and aluminium. Europe, 1930.

Art Deco clock made of frost glass, with enameled and silver-plated bronze dial, made by Sabino. Signed Sabino, machine EC, France. France, CIRCA 1920.

Very rare mint blue pastel painted Art Deco Cabinet in birch. Designed by Swedish Designer Axel Einar Hjorth, model "Margareta" made for Nordiska Kompaniet AB in 1937. Such beautiful...

The petite shelf/bookcase in flamed birch, embodying Swedish Art Deco aesthetics from the 1940s, is a delightful piece attributed to the renowned Swedish company Nordiska Kompaniet. ...

A fine Art Deco desk with a parchment writing surface. Details of nickel with cream colored pulls. Features three opening drawers ( center and two side drawers ) and two faux drawer...

This Boiceau desk bears his stamp, and was entirely veneered in amboyna, an exotic burlwood named for Ambon, the Indonesian island where it was harvested. The naturally squiggling patterning of the veneer provides an overall surface decoration. The top alone has no fewer than 60 small book-matched squares of it – ten across and six deep – creating a kaleidoscopic effect in subtle monochrome. Applied decoration is minimal. It consists of two inlaid pairs of griffins in boxwood and purplewood facing off across braziers on both the front and the back of the desk, and blind-tooled Greek keys trimming white-leather-topped shelves that slide out to either side. These decorations introduce no color, and, in lying flush with the surface, leave the sleek form undisturbed. Boiceau even eliminated drawer pulls, necessitating a lock and key for each drawer. Born in Lausanne in 1881, Boiceau descended from French Huguenots who had settled in Switzerland. Prominent as bankers, lawyers, businessmen, and diplomats, the Boiceaus were a cosmopolitan family. Ernest studied painting in Munich, and then painting and architecture in Paris at the École des Beaux-Arts. In 1900 he embarked on a ten-year European sojourn, painting landscapes and portraits along the way. In 1910 he resettled in Paris, became interested in textiles, and established an embroidery workshop that catered to the stage and haute couture. Among his clients were the Folies Bergères, the Comédie-Française, and the Paris Opéra, and the fashion houses of Worth and Molyneux. He also made embroidered table linens, wall hangings, and upholstery fabrics. In a 1913, at an embroidery exhibition in Paris at the Musée Galliera, he presented a boudoir in collaboration with curtains, upholstery fabrics, and a tapestry, embroidered in modern abstract designs. In 1925 he launched a couture line, and branched out to design finely crafted objects and furniture made in rare woods, like ebony and Tasmanian oak...

An Art Deco small desk. Amboyna with inlaid details, red bakelite and brass pulls. Desk features four drawers a storage cabinet and an additional storage area underneath a lift u...

An Art Deco-style mirrored desk with silver leaf and antiqued mirror, the rectangular mirror paneled top above three drawers with brass handles, on mirror inset square tapering legs....