Hi there ! is there a producer coming to your mind by looking at these pictures ? My best guess is a product from the (late?) 60es, but the finger joints remind me of the Aajsberg furniture (was it called like this ?). I remember there was a catalogue circulating many years ago here around... well, any idea is appreciated. kind regards
@andersen - Yes, Aasbjerg was the name you are referring to. It's the only producer of finger jointed sideboards I can think of, too. But the front doesn't look like the classical Asbjerg to me. Yet I'm no expert in this. Maybe @leif-ericson has an idea?
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hi @Herringbone, and thanks for your answer. Posting that catalogue would be helpful, because it got lost on the old forum.
In the new furniture index, if you search for Johannes Aasbjerg , there is one result. It's a manufacturer largely unknown.
It's name is also not listed in this comprehensive list of manufactures:
@andersen Found this thread: https://designaddict.com/community/main-forum/Johs-Aasbjerg-Excellent-Furniture-Co-Catalog-1960-90-pages-complete6385/paged/12/#post-49843
There's a shelving system included with a front that resembles yours.
He is included in the furniture index, his name was Aasbjerg with double a. But there's only one table listed.
For some reason Aasbjerg seems to have been rather prominent in the US, probably because he focussed on export and also sold his furniture directly to US soldiers who were stationed in Germany. His direct marketing approach may also be the reason why you don't find many ads if any - which is why he is not listed at danish-modern.co.uk. In Denmark, however, he is virtually unknown. I've never come across one of his pieces in any Danish store I've been to.
"People buy a chair, and they don't really care who designed it." (Arne Jacobsen)
Thanks, I noticed the missing "a". Edited my post accordingly. The finger joints look a bit different than what I see on other sideboards of Aasbjerg... probably the catalogue could help. Is there any info on when the company closed down ? Is it possible it operated till the 80es or 90es ? I doubt it.
While your credenza does have similarities to Aasbjerg's Ex-300/3 model, I don't think it is by Aasbjerg/Excellent. Not only are all the details different, but Aasbjerg used dovetail joints, not finger joints.
These pages are from 1962, so there is always the possibility that your piece was designed and made afterwards. But in that scenario, they would have then changed their joinery from dovetail to finger joints, which I have not previously seen or read before.
Hence I just said that I don't "think" it is Aasbjerg, rather than anything more definitive.
Always nice to have solid teak in any event.
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