Designers of similar nightstands

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henjon

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27/11/2017 11:07 am

Dear All,

I have a growing desire for a couple of nightstands (picture 1). The only attribution made is "Ferdinand Lundqvist & Co", which was a department store in Gothenburg that turned into the department store NK in 1971. I would really love to know the designer. However, I got slightly hesitant when I noticed (seemingly less well made) lookalikes on Mid Century M

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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner

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27/11/2017 2:40 pm

The ones on the grey background are supposedly Nordiska Kompaniet? Nice design. More photos?

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henjon

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27/11/2017 3:34 pm

Well, no. Or perhaps "kind of". NK bough the Ferdinand Lundqvist & Co department store in 1967. But who knows, perhaps some furniture sold as "Ferdinand Lundqvist" in the late 60's (when they were actually owned by NK) were produced by NK verkst

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27/11/2017 3:41 pm

How about the drawer sides? NK drawers are done in the NK way.

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27/11/2017 3:42 pm

FWIW, I would say this design is much earlier than 67. Probably 15 years earlier. Maybe more.

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henjon

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27/11/2017 3:55 pm

No photo of the drawer sides, I'm afraid. If being a 50's design I doubt these are NK-made...Internet searches provide no information about either manufacturing companies working with Ferdinand Lundqvist or connected designers.

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