How trustworthy is "Mobilia" magazine from the 50s-60s?  

@thomaslitt There were mistakes in Mobilia as well as in every other print publication, but sometimes the authors of DFI also misinterpreted an ad or a picture. Can you make it a little more specific? 

@herringbone - A customer asked me to repair his highboard, and I was amazed when I discovered the Kjaernulf stamp, because until now I thought it was an Østervig design, as it is listed in the DFI with Mobilia from 1957 as source.

(I hope the seller agrees that I can use his photo)

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I don't have any experience using Mobilia. I hope someone will help you in this subject. 

The legs indeed speak for Ostervig, but it’s true that at time it was common to take inspiration from other designs. Nice sideboard. Did you check the Mobilia issue yourself ? 

I would trust the mark on the piece.  I don’t think that Østervig designed for Bruno Hansen and I don’t see how a that mark got on there by accident (random Danes driving around with various companies’ branding irons and breaking into factories at night to mark things and nobody notices in the morning… I don’t think so).  With the DFI, they might have misread something or there might be a mistake.  This is why it is always best to have multiple data points in agreement.  And the DFI is not perfectly reliable even when the media source is one of their better ones.  

@thomaslitt Haha, I don't know if it speaks for or against you that you trust  a Mobilia-reference more than a stamp on the actual piece! Kjaernulf was something like the Bruno Hansen house designer. The stamp looks like every other Bruno Hansen stamp so - as Leif already indicated - this should be the starting point. Can't say where the mistake was made, Mobilia or DFI, but there must have been a mistake somewhere. 

@herringbone -  Either you didn't understand me or you think I'm an idiot, it goes without saying that I don't distrust a stamp.
I was just amazed to find such an error in a reputable magazine like Mobilia, so I asked how trustworthy the magazine is in general.

This discussion has little value without looking at that Mobilia issue. At the moment there is no proof the mistake was made by Mobilia. And even if Mobilia made a mistake, who cares really; this is a piece of mediocre manufacturing and value but still a nice looking sideboard. And in general not trusting a journal could also mean that you know more than that reference so I would not take it as a bad comment ;-).

A piece of mediocre manufacturing and value?
My dear @andersen, if you've never restored a piece like this, then don't make such a stupid statement.
This highboard is perfectly crafted in every detail.
Go to a carpenter and tell him to build something like this, and he will tell you, sorry, but I can't.

Don't judge things you have no idea about.

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