Sweden

Lovely shaped Sofa from early 20th mid-century. The sofa is attributed to both Otto Schulz and John Kärnhagen on different occasions. The sofa can be bought as is, or custom orde...

Jolanta Johnsson, experienced Polish artist, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, PhD of fine arts, university teacher. She currently lives in Sweden. This is how she writ...

Swedish mid century chandelier model A4350 produced by the Swedish electric company ASEA in the 1950s. Sculptural frame made from brass with three arms holding amber colored glass sh...

Vase designed by Estrid Ericson for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1928. Pewter vase and brass bands engraved with a poem by Verner von Heidenstam. Stamped.

Vase by Vivi Calissendorff, Sweden, 1970s Stamped. H: 13 cm Diameter: 9 cm

Vase by Vivi Calissendorff, Sweden, 1970s Stamped. H: 11 cm / 4 1/4'' Diameter: 4 cm / 1 1/2''

Jolanta Johnsson, experienced Polish artist, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, PhD of fine arts, university teacher. She currently lives in Sweden. This is how she writ...

Painting by Rune Hagberg, Sweden, 1960s. Ink on paper, framed. Signed. Artwork dimensions: H: 45 cm W: 58 cm Frame dimensions: H: 63 cm W: 72.5 cm D: 6 cm

Jolanta Johnsson, experienced Polish artist, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, PhD of fine arts, university teacher. She currently lives in Sweden. This is how she writes about the drawing: When it comes to purchasing a blanket, many of us are drawn to the timeless appeal of a plaid pattern, which is often present in abstract art. Have you ever wondered why this particular design is so popular? I must admit, I don't have the answer. However, picture this: two individuals lying on a checkered...

Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1964. Stoneware with rabbit's fur glaze. Signed. H: 24 cm Diameter: 27 cm Berndt Friberg was born in the southern Sweden town of...

Ebonised wood sculpture by Johnny Mattsson, Sweden, 1950s. Signed. Ebonised wood.

Tapio Wirkkala Tapio Wirkkala (1915-1985) was a versatile design genius, and is widely regarded as a leading figure in the modern Finnish art industry. Wirkkala's extensive contribu...

Pair of pedestals for Carl Malmsten’s School, Sweden, 1970s Solid teak and limestone.

Pair of table lamps model 2466 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s. Brass, lacquered brass and original fabric shades. Stamped. Josef Frank was a true European...

A fantastic Swedish rag rug, woven by hand in the late 1950´s in Madesjö Småland, Sweden. Woven Doris Johansson. It´s in good condition, rarely used! Machine washable at 40 degre...

A fantastic Swedish rag rug, woven by hand in the late 1960´s in Himmelsberga Öland, Sweden. Woven by Eddy Jonasson. Eddy was born in 1926 and wove a lot of beautiful rag rugs on dem...

Floor lamp ‘Bridge’ designed by Severin Hansen Jr. for Haslev Möbler, Denmark, 1950s. Beech and plastic shades. This Danish floor lamp ‘Bridge’ was designed by Severin Hansen in th...

Nice lamp, Swedish modern.

Rug ‘Sun Spots’ designed by Barbro Nilsson for Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB, Sweden, 1966. Wool. Signed. Tapestry technique. Provenance: From a private Swedish collection. The int...

A painting of a mime, found in Nice, France.

Flygsfors Glass Factory Flygsfors Glasbruk was a glass factory in Flygsfors in Nybro municipality, founded in 1888 and closed in 1979. It was started in Flygsfors in 1863 as a hammer...

Pair of floor lamps in brass and lacquered metal produced by Hans-Agne Jakobsson, Markaryd, Sweden, 1970s. Very good condition.

Plafond lamp of pressed clear glass and brass. Four points of light.

Hanna W Pair of sculptures designed by Hanna W, Sweden, 1983 Signed. Carved Stone.

Ceiling lamp designed by Hans Bergström for Ateljé Lyktan, Sweden, 1970s. Brass and opal glass. H: 34.5 cm D: 48 cm

French porcelain fish bowl from Sarreguemines 12 pieces in perfect condition.

The vase is in good condition, but as this is a second-hand assortment, there are minor cosmetic flaws. See close-up of the vase. Overall, the vase is in very nice condition. Nice to...

Bengt Karl Erik Lindström, born September 3, 1925 in Storsjö chapel in Härjedalen, died January 28, 2008 in Sundsvall, was a Swedish painter and graphic artist. Suite of 4 color li...

Vase ‘Farsta’ designed by Wilhelm Kåge for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1952. Stoneware. Signed. H: 29.5 cm Diameter: 12.5 cm.

Table lamp model 2468 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s. Brass with cotton shades. Stamped. Model 2468 is a delightful brass table lamp with three small shades in green, yellow, and red. The lamp has an elegant brass base with three stems that hold the shades at different heights. Because of its tricolour shades, it is known as the “traffic light lamp”. Designed by Josef Frank in the 1950s, this lamp has become a timeless Svenskt Tenn collectable. H: 54 cm W: 42 cm Shade D: 15 cm Josef Frank was a true European, he was also a pioneer of what would become classic 20th century Swedish design and the “Scandinavian Design Style”. Austrian- born Frank started his design career as an architect after having trained at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna between 1903 and 1910. After his training he went on to teach at Kunstgewerbeschule (The Viennese School of Arts and crafts) where he developed and espoused the new school of modernist thinking towards Architecture and Design that was coming to fruition in Vienna at the time. He also went on to lead the Vienna Werkbund throughout the 1920s. This was a truly progressive group of Architects and Designers who set about improving the daily lives of Austrian people through modernist design and architecture in partnership with Arts and Crafts ideals and construction. Frank’s leadership of the Werkbund had already cemented his place at the forefront of European design. Frank’s time in Vienna was typified by his design for the “Die Wohnung” exhibition of the Deutscher Werkbund in Stuttgart, 1927 where he exhibited along side his contemporaries at the forefront of design, such as the likes of Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius. Here he showed a specially designed pair of flat-roofed reinforced concrete houses in what is now seen as a typical modernist style. What separated Frank’s house from the other 32 houses of the exhibition was the interior and furniture inside the building. It was described as “Neo-Classical” and filled with an eclectic mix of period pieces, modern design and pieces designed by Frank himself that seemed to cross the two worlds. This was a complete opposite direction to that which his fellow Architects were travelling in with their pared back and angular aesthetics. Frank said of his own work: “The house is not a work of art, simply a place where one lives,” and by this reasoning Frank rejected the regimental mechanisation of the living space that his contemporaries believed in, instead he set about creating congenial and spontaneous interiors. Frank’s practice saw him placing the bright colours and the soft forms of nature back into the furnishings and interiors that he thought modernism sorely mist. Frank, along with Oskar Walch set up Haus und Garten in Vienna in 1925. This was Frank’s first commercial foray into furniture and home furnishings and the company went on to become the most influential furnishing house in Vienna with a riotous depth of colour and interesting shapes becoming the trademark of their design. However this success was to come to an end with rise of Nazism in Vienna in the early 1930’s. Frank was Jewish, and he and his wife Anna decided they would leave Vienna for her motherland: Sweden, in 1933. Frank continued to design for Haus and Garten, visiting Vienna occasionally and designing the pieces that would continue to be the company’s best sellers long after Frank was forced to hand the company over in 1938 after the Third Reich annexation of Austria. When Josef and Anna had moved to Sweden Frank had struck up a working relationship with Design shop owner Estrid Ericson. Ericson was the proprietor of Svenskt Tenn that at this point was a successful interiors shop in Stockholm with the royal warrant of appointment to the Swedish Royal Household. In 1935 Frank had become the chief designer for Svenskt Tenn and had set about putting all of his creative effort into his designs for the company. At the World Expositions in Paris in 1937 and New York in 1939 the world saw for the first time the wealth of products that Frank had been working on, ranging from candlesticks to cabinets, there was not a domestic object that Frank had not subjected to his colourful, comfortable and organic style of Modernism. Frank’s new school of Modernism championed ideas such as chairs having a freeing, open back and that “If one desires the room to be comfortable…all pieces of furniture should allow for a free view of the separating line between the floor and the wall. A cabinet without legs breaks this line and thus reduces the feeling of space.” A world-wide audience tired of classic Modernism’s furniture with solid planes and aggressive forms leapt upon these ideas and Franks natural and bright designs for Svenskt Tenn became internationally desired. Frank created over 2000 designs for Svenskt Tenn and his products continue to be the core of their brand. Frank’s rejections of tubular metal and heavy lacquers within his furniture have insured his unique light form of Modernism continues to influence and flourish today. His natural toned mahogany and walnut pieces along with his tactile leather covered and brightly shaded lighting still bring the forms of nature back into the home. Original Frank pieces are now increasingly rare, highly desirable and are the epitome of “Scandinavian Design”. Renowned Designer and Academic Isle Crawford...

Swedish Folk Art handcrafted large round serving, made of woven roots. Insignificant wear. Beautiful tray made by Same. From 1900th.

Set of six dining chairs ‘Darby’ designed by Torbjörn Afdal for Bruksbo, Norway, 1960s. Rosewood and leather. Stamped. H: 96 cm W: 47.5 cm D: 58 cm SH: 45 cm

Stool designed by Uno and Östen Kristiansson for Vittsö, Sweden, 1960s. Teak and leather. H: 40 cm W: 42 cm D: 42 cm.

Serving trolley, anonymous, for DUX, Sweden, 1960s. Rattan and bamboo. H: 78 cm W: 48 cm L: 91 cm

Handwoven rug in kelim technique by Swedish textile artist Anna-Greta Sjöqvist. She was born in 1908 and died in 1993, she had her own weaving mill in Sösdala in Hässleholm. Röllaka...

Sideboard designed by the HI-Gruppen, Sweden, 1960s. Birch. Stamped. H: 64 cm W: 130 cm D: 45 cm Literature: Örn, Johan, The HI-group and the return of craft: Swedish furniture and interiors 1960-1966, ArkDes, Stockholm, 2017, compare bedside tables by Anders Berglund...

Timo Artturi Solin, born December 7, 1947 in Tampere in Finland, is a Finnish-Swedish sculptor, painter and writer. Timo Solin grew up in a family of textil...

Vase designed by Erich and Ingrid Triller for Tobo, Sweden, 1950s. Stoneware. Signed. H: 6.5 cm / 2 1/2'' D: 9.5 cm / 3 3/4''.

Three mounted scrolls by Rune Hagberg, Sweden, 1970s. Paper scrolls mounted on a board in a plexiglass box. Unique. Signed. H: 76 cm W: 81 cm D: 12 cm Rune Fredrik Hagberg was a renowned Swedish artist that took much of his inspiration from Zen Buddhism spirituality and Eastern Calligraphy. He is represented at, among many others, the Modern Museum and the Norrko¨ping Art Museum. Hagberg’s meditative informalism is placed between the concretism and expressionism of the 1950s, his art becoming simpler until he reduced it so far that only tightly closed picture reels...

Framed drawing ‘Rider in a Spring Landscape’ by Vicke Lindstrand, Sweden, 1950s. Ink on paper. Signed. Measures: H: 39.5 cm / 15 1/2'' W: 34 cm / 13 1/4''.

Floor lamp designed by Hans Bergström for Ateljé Lyktan, Sweden, 1950s. Brass with a fabric shade. Stamped. Measurements: H: 102 cm / 3' 4'' D: 26 cm / 10 1/4'' Diameter of shade...

Floor lamp model G-075 designed by Eje Ahlgren for Bergboms, Sweden. 1960s. Brass. Stamped. This floor lamp, made with a fully adjustable shade, was manufactured in brass by ...

Vase by Erich & Ingrid Triller, Sweden, 1950s. Signed. Stoneware. Dimensions: H: 17.5 cm / 7” Diameter: 14 cm / 5 1/2"  

Marked. Measures: H: 39 cm / 15 1/3'' W: 55 cm / 21 1/2'' D: 38 cm / 15'' H storage section: 18 cm / 7''.

A fantastic rather large handmade vintage glass sculpture or paperweight made and signed by Vicke Lindstrand for Kosta, Sweden. This piece is showcasing his enormous talent as a glas...

Flat weave. Measures: L: 328 cm / 10’ 9” W: 201 cm / 6’ 7”.

Wool. Signed. Measures: L: 270 cm / 8' 10 1/4'' W: 163 cm / 5' 4''.

Floor lamp model G-075 designed by Eje Ahlgren for Bergboms, Sweden. 1960s. Brass. This floor lamp with fully adjustable shade was manufactured in brass by Bergboms and designed...

Monumental flower pot, anonymous, Finland. 1960's. White painted metal, bottom with drilled holes. Dimensions: H: 53 cm/ 1' 9 1/4'' Diam: 65 cm/ 2' 2''

Armchair ‘Bridge’ designed by Axel Einar Hjorth for NK, Sweden, 1930s. The model was first exhibited at NK's spring exhibition in 1931 and at Ängby-villan in 1932. Our version, pictured above, was crafted using lacquered...

Old cluster ring hand - made in 1913. Classic combination of high graded Gold, Platinum and Diamonds. Platinum on Gold openwork crown with 3 diamond s...

Stoneware. Signed. H: 15.5 cm / 6'' W: 19 cm / 7 1/2'' D: 13.5 cm / 5 1/4''

Finland, 1960's. Fibre glass. Measures: H: 31 cm / 12 ¼’’ L: 228 cm / 7' 9" W: 172 cm / 5' 7".

Set of six dining chairs, Anonymous Sweden, 1990's Lacquered beech and black gallon leather. Measurements: H: 83 cm / 32 ¾’’ SH: 49 cm / 18 ¾’’ W: 40 cm / 15 ¾’’ D: 53 cm / 20 ½’’

Vase designed by Yngve Blixt, Sweden. 1955. Stoneware. Signed. Dimensions: Height: 33 cm / 13" Diameter: 35 cm / 13 3/4".

Occasional table, anonymous, Sweden. 1940s. Mahogany. Dimensions: H: 60.5 cm / 23 3/4" W: 60 cm / 23 1/2" D: 30 cm / 11 3/4"

Set of 17 under plates anonymous for Woodline, Denmark, 1960s. Brazilian rosewood. Measurements: W: 29 cm/ 11 1/2'' D: 29 cm/ 11 1/2''.

Published by edition GKM. Unframed. Edition: 200 ex Paper: 300gr. Goya. Signed by the artist. Free shipment worldwide. Corneille, one of the founders of the COBRA group, has passe...

Sculpture, anonymous, Italy 1950s. Glazed clay. Representing a bloodhound. Measurements: H: 86 cm/ 2' 7/8" W: 50 cm/ 1' 7 3/4" D: 40 cm/ 1' 3 7/8"

Sculpture 'Sleeping Boxer' designed by Thure Öberg for Arabia, Finland, 1910. Porcelain. Dimensions: H: 10 cm W: 14 cm L: 36.5 cm.