Teak Coffee Table Stamped KT-20  

after some more digging, I've found several of these tables stamped "Moreddi"......I realize that Moreddi was an importer, and not a designer/manufacturer.......so while this does help narrow things, I still have no clue as to who designed of manufactured it........still working on it though!

I have never seen anybody even propose a miminally credible idea for the company name that KT stands for. And considering the gibberish I see all the time in the name of improved profit, that really says something.
You don't happen to reside in or near Los Angeles do you? There is an archive of Moreddi material at the Getty, and the answer might be in there....

I live in the midwest....Nebraska to be specific.....so unfortunately that Moreddi archive is out of reach for now....and I gather from your other remark that I could probably find a better use of my time than scouring the web for the answer to the mysterious puzzle that is KT.....haha......thanks Leif, you saved me some time on this one..

I don't think I mean to question the value (artistic, monetary, or otherwise) of this table. I quite like it actually.
You are not going to discover that it is a Børge Mogensen, Hans Wegner, or Finn Juhl, however.
I really meant that it is quite a thing when no one has found the financially inspired creativity to come up with even a minimally plausible full Danish name for the initials. (Full names are more valuable than initials). I don't think people think there is anything wrong with this coffee table or other KT designs, but it just so happens to be that KT simply don't conveniently translate itself into the name of any remotely desirable Scandinavian company or designer. So everyone has had to satisfy themselves with KT.
A useful counter example: there is a Danish secretary desk that is marked BM on the back, for Bornholm Møbelfabrik. However for quite a while this was not widely known, and instead some wily seller had the brilliant idea that BM stands for Børge Mogensen. And thus the Børge Mogensen secretary was born and propagated itself across the Internet for years.

No worries, I didn't take your comment as having a negative connotation at all.......we were on the same page. On a side note related to your example.......was it common at any point (mid 20th century) for a Danish piece to be marked only with the designer's initials? Or was that just an idea that fueled misinformation, because it seemed plausible enough?

I can not think of one single example of a Danish piece marked with the designer's initials. (Probably somebody will come up with some counter example).
It is actually quite rare for the designer's name to be more fully marked than the maker's name.
Generally there was a hierarchy of information in the pattern to the marking:
No marking
Origin (like Made in Denmark and/or a Danish Furniture Control medallion)
Cryptic maker's mark (like initials or a logo)
Cryptic maker's mark & origin
Cryptic maker's mark & origin & designer's name
Clear maker's mark (full name, and often including the town) & origin
Clear maker's mark & origin & designer's name
Maker's mark (cryptic or clear) & origin & model number
Maker's mark (cryptic or clear) & origin & designer & model number
So in the pattern, whenever the designer is mentioned at all, it is preceded by more information, and occasionally followed by model number. The designer is not indicated cryptically. If the designer is indicated, it is usually the case that the maker indication is not cryptic, or if the maker's logo is used, it is a logo so well known as not to be cryptic.
Occasionally you see a stray number on a minimally marked piece, and it actually turns out to be a model number, but more often it seems to be factory chatter.
One notable counter example, which is sort of the exception that proves the rule, is Arne Hovmand Olsen. There are plenty of pieces out there that clearly indicate he was the designer, and they were made in Denmark, but give no indication of the maker.
As another corollary, I am always suspicious of seller's listings that offer only the designer and not the maker. The hierarchy of information does not generally build that way, so it is unlikely for someone to know the designer and not the maker.
Another notable counter example to this is that some retailer's catalogs liked to create the impression that the firm manufactured all its own furniture, so it would give them designer's name and codify or completely hide the maker. And certain makers did not mark their product, or very rarely did. Thus, there are a few cases where only the designer is known from a catalog, but the maker is not known at all because the pieces are unmarked.

thanks for the very informative response Leif, it's much appreciated!

Excellent write up, leif. The only other exception to the rule that I can think of is Hans C Andersen.
Gunnar Schwartz imported some of his designs to the US, and you can find pieces with his name and their importer brand, but no maker's mark.
An interesting case involves the round tripod side table with laminate top. Most of those examples are marked by "Made in Denmark" and "Designed by Hans C. Andersen, Denmark". However there are a few of the same design marked with "Made in Denmark, by Artex", but no mention of HCA. I have one of those. Clearly there were some attribution issues between the two parties with this design. I have not yet been able to determine which is the earlier mark, or if the table was ever made by a different producer.

Yes, the Hans Christian Andersen table is another rare exception. I don't know much about the design, but I would guess that Gunnar Schwatz wanted to appear to be the maker, like certain Danish retailers as noted above, and GS wanted the designer advertised, so the company negotiate for their own private label product.
I would guess the one mark artex and Denmark were sold through other channels as they have conforming markings.
The relative prevalence of the Gunnar Schwarz marking may also is how part of why the company was able to negotiate a private label: GS sold a lot of units.