Johannes Andersen night stand  

Ok. I finally found a marked one... It is by Silkeborg M

I don't know the answer to this, but....

Aren't the "Johannes Andersen for Silkeborg" advertised pieces actually for "CFC Silkeborg", also known as C.F. Christensen or just CFC which happened to be located in Silkeborg?

Is Silkeborg M

They are different companies.

But according to the DFI, JA did design a bed for Silkeborg M

You are right, there is a lot of confusion around CF Christensen. I even saw some of their pieces advertised as Silkeborg M

Nice, well, solid proof that Johannes Andersen did actually work for Silkeborg M

* The 'body' is made of plywood with a teak veneer (the drawers front and pulls as well).

* The inside of the drawers is made of beech and the back of the drawers in pine. Dovetail joints on the front and finger joints on the back.

* I believe the front and the 'base' are made of solid afrormosia.

* The legs are solid teak.

* The hidden parts are beech and pine.

That is a lot of different types of wood.

What would you say?

When did metal leg brackets start being incorporated into Danish tables? I've always associated that construction as from the 70's, but it could have started sometime in the 60's.

I have seen metal brackets in pieces from the 50s and 60s. A Bramin table comes to mind, my Aasbjerg dressers....

That construction looks like the late 50s or very early 60s to me.

Does the lack of dado indicate anything about quality of the piece?

Which dado are you asking about?

The drawers have dado runners, but they are not stopped dados, which is to say they were not routed individually. The stopped dado also literally stops the drawer when you close it which is a nice feature and the reason it was done that way. The dado all the way along the side is a result of milling it first then cutting the drawer sides, which would be a tiny bit faster.

Leif, what make you say that the construction looks like late 50s, beggining of the 60s?

The open bottom pine frame reminds me of some pieces I have (Falster and Vinde) that are very nice quality factory pieces from that era of factory production. But the biggest thing is the lack of particle board.

Particle board changed how case pieces were built.

Leif, was there a tendency for makers to use a stopped dado or not for a particular piece? I've always considered the stopped dado (which is what i thought a dado meant) as an indicator of quality until I noticed a Soborg desk had the dado run to the dovetail.

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