A friend of mine recently acquired this walnut coffee table. It is very finely made, with an unusual tray style top and legs that are in the style of Finn Juhl. I have never seen one like this, and was wondering if anyone else had?Edit: Actually, I am not totally certain it is walnut. I am pretty sure it was not teak. It struck me as being the color of a dark walnut when I was looking at it.
Ditto. Fantastic design and it sure references some Finn Juhl design details, but I'm pretty well versed on Juhl's body of work and I've not seen it before. Regardless of who is responsible for making it, it's very beautiful. I could easily live with that piece.
No markings whatsoever? Any info about where the piece was found? US? UK? Denmark or Italy? That might yield some clue.
Pegboard,
I will be able to take another look at it in a few days. I believe there are some numbers stamped on it, and that is all. Right now there is nothing known for country of origin.
Incidentally, I had an email exchange with Niels Roth Andersen, and he told me he made Chieftains from 1987 to 2001. I might also ask about his time frame with Soren Horn.
I took some additional photos of the table. It occurred to me that it might also have had a cushion at one point perhaps, and been a bench? In the Finn Juhl House Museum there is a long coffee table that also came with cushions to double as a bench.
The only markings I could find are the numbers shown in the detail image. The corners of the table are mitered, but I assume something like a spline is used to give this joint strength...
It is a gorgeous coffee table / bench. And I do think it would have had an option loose cushion because the underside seems more reinforced than for a table. And that was very much a thing.
I would check and see if Bovirke, Baker, or Niels Vodder pieces have any similar numbers on the frame. It could be a long search, as I imagine many listing would ignore such an inconsequential mark. You would probably also discover how regularly they marked their pieces, which might be a valuable hint.
Looking at it now, the Finn Juhl table/bench for Baker is considerably more robust in appearance. Just looking at it, you feel comfortable with the idea of sitting on it. The upturned edges on this other table seem a lot more delicate, even though they have survived so far...but perhaps nobody actually sat on it either.
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