Constructed of solid birch and fir and veneered with hand-cut Nordic birch veneers, the secretary features an upper locking drawer which rests upon a fitted desk area hiding behind a...

Mid-Century Modern china cabinet by Heywood-Wakefield, circa 1960s. Featuring a distinctive "Champagne" finish, the 2-piece hutch is made from the finest maple and birch that retains...

Swedish Art Deco chest of drawers, circa 1930s, crafted in birch with contrasting burled drawer fronts. Clean architectural lines and a warm, restrained palette reflect the Scandinav...

An exceptional Mid-Century Modern three-drawer solid birch dresser or chest of drawers By Leslie Diamond for Conant Ball, "ModernMates" Collecti...

Weave 196 Birch natural oil Weave credenza, made of solid birch wood and laminated birch veneér. Modern yet classic, bold yet modest the credenza serves as a great example of Scand...

A very well crafted dark teak wood credenza / server with five center drawers the top one having divided slots and felt bottom . To each side a sliding door with adjustable shelves i...

Great functionalistic chest of drawers produced in Sweden during the 1950s. Made in birch with brass handles.

North Germany / Prussia Birch Biedermeier / Empire around 1815 Dimensions: H x W x D: 174 x 102 x 55 cm Description: Very exclusive secretary from the Prussian North German Biedermeier period around 1815. Piece of furniture standing on pointed legs with two drawers at the bottom, the writing flap above, another drawer above and a hidden head drawer at the very top. The piece of furniture is veneered in exciting grained birch wood. Due to the different color hangings within the wood and the interplay of hues associated with it, we also refer to it as "flamed" birch. The beautiful wood is complemented by blackened moldings and beautiful fire-gilded bronze hardware in beautiful quality. The interior of the writing compartment is veneered in apple tree. We see a stair-like rise to a central door flanked by pilasters. Drawers of different sizes and two large compartments with dividers for letters and papers complete the secretary part. Looking at the piece of furniture from above, we see an old shipping label. According to it, the secretary was loaded onto the train at the station "Odertor" in Wroclaw. The destination was probably Berin. Corresponding mmarkings we find on the back panel. Piece of furniture made in wonderful quality craftsmanship. A true testament to the high quality of Prussian furniture...

Biedermeier chest of drawers Ash, Westphalia, circa 1825, stepped top, multiple mirrored veneer, three drawers, recessed key plates, hand-polished with shellac Dimensions: Height 8...

A gorgeous Mid-Century Modern ten-drawer jewelry chest By Paul McCobb for Winchendon Furniture, "Planner Group" USA, 1950s Solid birch, with original brass hardware. Measures: 36...

maple and birch veneer on walnut; partly lacquered black; of oval form; fluted to the upper and lower sections, and for the most part also to the two semi-circular stepped side eleme...

Custom-made three-door wardrobe, designed and manufactured by GMD Berlin, exclusively presented in our Rudolf Vichr collection. This high-quality, handcrafted piece of furniture wit...

Grey sideboard with Murano glass doors 'Stile Grisinato' Made in Italy Featuring four intricately designed Murano glass doors, this piece is a true work of art. The sideboard is co...

Small antique Biedermeier secretary Schleswig-Holstein Mahogany and others Biedermeier around 1815 Dimensions: H x W x D: 137 x 88 x 45 cm Description: Piece of furniture standing...

A beautiful Georgian, Chippendale, or Early American style bureau with drop front secretary desk and bookcase hutch top USA, Circa 1970s Gorgeous carved solid birch, with original ...

Weave frame Credenza, made of solid wood and laminated veneér. Modern yet classic, bold yet modest the cabinet serves as a great example of scandinavian contemporary design. Designed by Lukas Dahlén. The minimal yet expressive sideboard weave is made of solid birchwood and birchveneér. Inspired by the most common kind of wood and weed weaving the Weave sideboard...

Italian Brass and Black Glass Sideboard with 24 Green Murano Glass Jewels - Handcrafted Mid-Century Inspired Design

This extraordin...

Found in Italy, this black lacquer and birch cabinet dates from the 1980s. This Art Deco-inspired cabinet features a pedestal base and the cabinet design elements are created using b...

Rosewood 8 Drawer Chest. Made in Denmark. Designed by Poul Hundevad

A 1950s Modernist Finnish chest of drawers in solid birch and veneer. The design is simple and reflects the modernist movement that took over the Finnish Design school from the 1940s...

A rare cabinet model 810 designed by Alvar Aalto and manufactured by Artek in Finland in the 1950s. Very minimal and sleek design, perfect for almost any interior. The item is in ver...

Elegant Louis XVI bureau / Secretaire in 3 parts. Top with tooth cut under profiled top list. Pair of doors with fillings, sides with profiled quartz columns. Bottom part with slopi...

Rare cylindrical bar with geometric motif. by Gio Frigerio. Italy c1960 Door swivels open to reveal two glass shelves and a bottle holding compartment. Bar has been re waxed and po...

Murano glass kitchen cabinet, jewelry-inspired design. Handcrafted birch wood frame with fine Murano glass and brass feet. Ninety vibrant Muran...

Great chest of drawers designed by Axel Larsson for Svenska möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors in Sweden during the 1940s. Rare model. Made in stained birch with beautiful sculpted handels.

Pair of mid century Scandinavian elm cabinets circa 1950. Very good quality pair of elm cabinets, with empire and art deco influences. Each made in 1 piece, both feature and open a...

Scandinavian 1950s birch cabinet, featuring bright grain and interior with natural wood drawers and shelves. Scandinavian cabinet from the 1950s made of birch, a wood prized for its...

A modern brass and birch sideboard handcrafted in Italy, this beautiful piece features 8 spacious drawers and a refined Mid-Century Modern style. Crafted from solid birch and finish...

An antique Swedish writing agency made of hand crafted polished, partly veneered Birchwood, in good condition. The Scandinavian writing table, desk is composed with three large drawe...

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...

A beautifully conceived room divider with integrated desk from the 1970s, designed by Stewart MacDougall. Crafted in a harmonious blend of birch, warm walnut, vibrant Formica, and sl...

A highly functional example of American mid-century modern design, this Paul McCobb Planner Group credenza is constructed in solid maple. Designed by Paul McCobb for the Winchendon F...

A vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish secretary desk signed by the A.B. Svenska Moebel Fabrikerna (SMF), one of the largest furniture manufacture...

Magnificent and ultra rare Art Deco Amsterdamse School cabinet. Design by J.B. Hillen Amsterdam. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Solid birch and birch veneer base with decorati...

Lovely chest of drawers by Carl Malmsten, made from birch with clean lines. Veneer laid in a striking graphic pattern.

A Mid Century four drawer dresser in a very well grained clear birch with dark chocolate brown drawer fronts . The chromed U shaped finger pulls give detail to the dark color and wit...

Beautiful chest of drawers by Carl Malmsten, model called “Tulipanros” (“Tulip Rose”), made in mahogany and root veneer laid in an elegant pattern. Graphic decor on the drawer fronts...

An early Alvar Aalto chest of drawers, model 296, produced by Artek in the 1940s. Crafted in birch and set on its original wooden castors, a practical piece with clean proportions....

.A Swedish Modern corner cabinet by Reiners Möbelfabrik, Mjölby, manufactured on October 10, 1938. The slightly convex door is veneered in richly figured Pyramid mahogany. The upper ...

Cabinet, designed by Aino Aalto, 1940s. Painted birch and pine. Good vintage condition, rich patina consistent with age and use. Aino Maria Marsio-Aalto was a Finnish architect and...

Introducing the Spectacular Blue Pantry Cabinet, a masterpiece of Italian craftsmanship that brings the timeless elegance of Murano glass into your home. This unique piece is not jus...

A very fine reverse-serpentine (also known as "Oxbow") chest of drawers from the Chippendale period, it is a product of the North Shore of Massachusetts circa 1780 and probably origi...

Mid century Scandinavian birch inlaid shaped sideboard circa 1950. We are pleased to offer this fully refurbished piece of Swedish mid century design, in the form of this buffet/sid...

This rare and exceptional cabinet was designed by Otto Schulz and produced by Boet in Sweden during the 1930s. It stands as a distinguished example of Swedish Art Deco furniture...

A single, vintage Swedish Art Deco chest made of hand crafted polished, partly veneered Birchwood, designed and produced by AB Åsundens Möbelfabrik in good condition. The Scandinavia...

Awesome Unique Postmodern mid century Birch and steel Bar Cart. Very cool custom built unit with side lower drawer and shelves on black rubber casters. The top surface extends wider ...

Functionalist chest of drawers/cabinet, manufactured by Lappilan Puusepät, Finland, 1930s. Birch. Good vintage condition, patina and wear consistent with age and use.

Functionalist entryway bench with drawers and small cabinet by Axel Einar Hjorth. Made from beech, partially stained black. Clean lines wit...

Classic Modernist Florence Knoll for Knoll Credenza..Great early example, Teak with Birch interior... unusual tan leather pulls,Chromed steel base.. 4-door example, adjustable shelv...

A detailed, vintage Art Deco French secretaire made of hand crafted polished, partly veneered Birchwood and Burlwood, in good condition. The medium sized cabinet...

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...

Swedish grace dresser in the style of Axel-Einar Hjorth. Designed and made in Sweden during the 1920s by unknown producer. Very high quality wood work with classical carvings with fl...

Sideboard attributed to the Swedish designer Axel Einar Hjorth. Produced by Bodafors as part of the series 'Borgholm' during the 1920s. Elegant design in stained birch.

Johan Rohde sideboard, birchwood, Denmark, 1909 This exquisite sideboard, designed by Johan Rohde in 1909, is a rare piece of furniture and a distinguished example of his creativity...

Mid century birch wardrobe by Oscar Nilsson for nordiska kompaniet circa 1939. We are pleased to offer this fitted wardrobe which is an early piece in the scandinavian modern furnit...

Weave bedside table Bedside table, made of solid birch wood and laminated birchveneér or solid oak wood and oak veneér. Modern yet classic, bold yet modest the bedside serves as a great example of Scandinavian contemporary design. Designed by Lukas Dahlén...

Stylish and functional seven-drawer dresser or chest of drawers by Leslie Diamond for the ModernMates collection manufactured by Conant Ball of Massachusetts, circa 1950s. The dresse...

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 ...

An elegant Swedish Grace sideboard crafted in beautifully figured birch, featuring striking oval marquetry panels to the doors. Produced in Sweden during the 1930s, the cabinet refle...

A Mid-Century linnen cabinet 'model CB06', designed by Cees Braakman in the 1950s and manufactured by Pastoe in the Netherlands. This is a rare example in the birchwood series with...