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Gordrann
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08/11/2007 2:06 am  

Better pics to see now here:

http://www.gordonranney.com/photos.html

This came from around 1958-1960 or so - frame is scandinavian white oak, top is plywood with black formica on one side, teak or walnut-looking veneer on the other.

Any clues?

http://www.gordonranney.com/photos.html


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RetroSixty
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08/11/2007 7:32 am  

I actually had one of these e...
I actually had one of these exactly the same a while back (with a black lacquered top) and couldn't determine who designed/manufactured it!
Hans Wegner did something very similar, have you seen that?


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Gordrann
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08/11/2007 9:21 am  

No I have not seen that. ...
No I have not seen that. Any idea where to find pics of that to compare? It's a really neat little table and I'm curious as to it's pedigree.


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koen
 koen
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08/11/2007 3:27 pm  

It is not white....
Scandinavian oak but Polish oak, but that's a detail...The table is obviously made in Sweden and considering that not that many Swedish furniture companies exported around that time (at least not compared to Denmark or even Finland) I think that the best indication of its origin is where it is now. Could you tell us more about that?


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Gordrann
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10/11/2007 12:00 am  

My mistake on the grain - it...
My mistake on the grain - it looked a lot like Sc. white oak I've handled in the past.
Uh, let's see...
The first I'm aware of its existence is in my parents' house in Illinois around 1960, a house they built in 1959. I don't see it in pictures of their previous house, so I assume it was part of the stuff they bought for their new house at that time. They also had a Saarinen grasshopper chair from about 1949, a Noguchi Akari floor lamp, and a DCM (all gone, *sniffle*).
Could be a no-namo table just used as an accessory, but it's really a neat little item, and I have also seen a very similar table on e-bay, but with a more rounded-triangular upholstered top than this one. Funny - before I cleaned it, everyone thought the legs were teak because they were SO nicotine-stained!


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