Unique 'Drop Flap' Side Table
1930
Top veneered in sycamore, nickel-plated legs, adjustable in several positions.
Manufacturer's label to the underside: 'R 34700 C 22246'.
Provenance:
Architect Gunnar Asplund (1885-1940);
Thence by descent to his son, architect Hans Asplund (1921-1994);
Thence by descent to his son, diplomat and UN ambassador Bo Asplund (1950-2024);
Thence by descent.
Exhibitions:
Stockholm Exhibition 1930, villa 42 designed by Carl Bergsten, living room.
History:
Drawing number '34700' in NK's archive is recorded on 19 February 1930, the client being the 'Stockholm Exhibition' with a note "Zycomore m.fl. Ark Bergsten". The commission number '22246' suggests that it was the present table that was exhibited.
Literature:
Catalogue, 'Stockholmsutställningen 1930 av konstindustri, konsthantverk och hemslöjd: Specialkatalog över bostadsavdelningen', 1930, p.143. (floor plan with the table illustrated)
Archive, 'ArkDes' and 'Swedish Society of Crafts and Design', Model illustrated in photographs from the 1930 exhibition.
Ref: 2411052
| H | 73.5cm/28.9" |
| D | 35cm/13.8" |
| Dia | 70cm/27.6" |
H. 73.5cm/28.9"
D. 35cm/13.8"
Dia. 70cm/27.6"