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TheMidCenturyBeehive
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15/02/2013 7:40 pm  

Hello-
I've been lurking on the forums for quite a while but don't post much.
I picked up this table a couple of years ago and have tried unsuccessfully to identify the designer / manufacturer since then. I'm hoping the expertise of this forum can assist. Full disclosure: my wife and I restore and sell mid-century furniture to support our collecting the same. To be fair though, in our local market it doesn't make much of a difference in valuation to have an identified designer; we see Lane and Drexel pieces sell for as much as Moller and Hvidt. I'm mostly interested for my edification (and because I've gotten pretty good at tracking down IDs, so the fact that I can't find this one annoys me more than a little).
There are a few things that make this table different from most "flip-top" danish dining / card / game tables:
1) The top is rectangular (Teak veneer) when folded and square when unfolded. Many similar tables are opposite.
2) The brass hinges on the top have square edges, rather than rounded. They're either held on with pins or they screws are covered with plugs.
3) There are trays under the top.
4) There is a stamp on the bottom "Made in Denmark" "N.F.C. 125".
5) The closest (aestethically) table I've found is the Borge Mogensen #151, but this has several features that are much different from my table (multiple woods, brass catch for table top).
Hi-res pictures available here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/michael.e.dobson/DanishFlipTopTable?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCK7Xxo3c3YLmBg&feat=directlink


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Richard Tanimura
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17/02/2013 4:13 pm  

I searched for NFC and...
I searched for NFC and pulled up "Nordfurniture Company" which seems to export furniture. There were no Danish manufacturers of furniture called NFC that I could find.
One tip off is the way the legs are attached to to bottom of the table. This is common in flat pack furniture from Scandinavia from maybe 60s-80s. You unbolt the legs, tape them underneath the table and make a nice, transportable flat pack of it. I used to have a desk built like that.
The brass hinges look high quality. That for me is kinda a curve ball. I have never seen hinges like that on big box furniture.
Sorry I can't help more. What I can say is that this is no big name producer in Denmark.


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TheMidCenturyBeehive
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17/02/2013 5:47 pm  

Thanks ScanDesign
I'd noticed the same thing, and much of the Danish furniture we see here in Utah is the common "export" stuff. A lot of lounge chairs (Selig, Dux) that break down, and tables as well. Of course, for dining tables, even those of domestic origin have similar legs.
I believe the fact that it says "Denmark" and not "Danmark" is another indication that it was intended for export.


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