Hi there, I recently purchased this set from a online estate auction in my town. I have not yet seen the actual set in person, but hoping to get some help identifying the maker. The bottom of the chairs is interesting. I imagine the table will be difficult to identify, but looks relatively similar to a Borge Mogensen table I have (the butterfly nuts and leg details, although not particularly unique). Excuse the bad photos, but I will add better ones when I pick up the set later this week. Thanks!
Good news, bad news.
First the bad news: It is not a Mogensen design.
Now the good news: although the photos are lo-res, it looks to be a solid teak top table by Hvidt and Molgaard-Nielsen for Soborg. Soborg did use that dual wing nut leg connection for both Mogensen and Hvidt/Molgaard-Nielsen tables back then, so nice eye for that observation.
The good news outweighs the bad news by far in my book. That is a very elegant table that you just bought. Both of the dining tables in my house are solid teak: an expanding JH-567 by Hans Wegner in the dining room, and a Willy Beck, Larsen/Bender-Madsen round table in the kitchen; the latter of which I have not found another example yet anywhere online.
Here is a page from the 1958 Soborg catalog. The table I am thinking of is model 311. The oval top is 45" x 49", with the leaf being 23".
Here is a listing of another example of that table: https://www.pamono.com/dining-table-by-peter-hvidt-for-soborg-in-teak-1950s
Thank you! This is great! My mind only wen to Borge Mogensen as we just purchased a rectangular table attributed to him and put it together and noticed those similar details. Makes sense that it’s same manufacturer.
any idea about the chairs? The closest I have seen to them was a set that was labelled as “hvidt-inspired” which is the sort of thing that some dealers say to catch an eye.
@cdsilva picked up the table today, and I applaud your eye. It looks exactly like the photos of the other example. The slight curve on the underside of the table looks spot on! Thank you for the help!
I must say the chairs look better in person, and are somewhat interesting. From what I father they are from roughly the same time period as the table. The whole house was full of beautiful Danish pieces, quite the estate.
I have been working on reupholstering the chairs and found a few layers of past upholstery jobs. After passing the green velour, and some plastic plaid and some foam I found some decent looking wood. I also notice that the screw attaching the seat are attached with Robertson screws that are Canadian but those are late additions. I have added better photos and some details that appear interesting to me. Definitely not the same equality as my Borge Mogensen 155 chairs, but would appreciate anyone’s thoughts!
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