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Andersen
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20/03/2024 2:36 pm  

Hi ! If it happens you have a catalogue of Illum Bolighus, that would be interesting for me to know who made this table. My guess is a badly kept rosewood wood. Any idea ? Don’t have better pictures than those. Thanks 

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mark737
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20/03/2024 4:38 pm  

@andersen It would help to have a better photo and more info, like dimensions.  One possibility is Erik Christian Sørensen, like this one, I believe made by Bo-ex. Height: 45.0 cm Width: 150.0 cm Depth: 60.0 cm.  A similar table was sold by Lauritz, attributed to  Sørensen, with an Illum Bolighus tag (stated but not shown).  

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20/03/2024 8:15 pm  

@andersen. I have a  link to a 1959 catalogue , courtesy of Mats Linder. Your table is not there. Illums Bolighus very rarely mentions the designers names. I had "fun" going through that particular catalogue trying to identify designers. Managed about 60 %.

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Andersen
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20/03/2024 10:25 pm  

@lexi - what a remarkable search you did. The seller mentions 150x45x60 cm, there is a Illums tag on the bottom indeed. It matches with the ID. Quite sad all this rosewood used back in the days for this kind of designs that left no mark. I was interested just because of the Illums tag, which is normally associated with high quality stuff... thanks a lot, lexi.

 

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Andersen
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20/03/2024 10:27 pm  

never heard of Bo-ex before. stands for Bovirke export ? interesting the label bears the Juhl reading chair

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mark737
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21/03/2024 2:36 am  

Interesting - the DFI shows what appears to be this same table as by Bovirke, but designed by  Fabricius and Kastholm.  My ID was based on a Lauritz attribution, and a few others, but none showed tags or marks, so who knows which is correct.

The DFI lists 28 items by maker "Bo-Ex", mostly from the 60's, including several by Fabricius and Kastholm, but nothing by Erik Christian Sorensen.  There was also a company called Bo-Ex started in 1975 in  the Brønshøj area of Copenhagen, owned by Gert Auhagen, that also produced some Fabricius and Kastholm designs.  I don't think they have anything to do with this table though.  

 

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Andersen
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21/03/2024 8:02 am  

The label found on this table is the classic one: 

 

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21/03/2024 8:12 pm  

By the way, do you think this is Indian or Brazilian rosewood ? My guess is Indian.

 


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