Suspected Artek table  

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Hi, I think that most of the espert on this forum should take a few seconds to tell me whether the black small table is artek or not... thank you. The link on imageshak works,

Hi.

I'm thinking that a poster on this forum (espert) named Aaron (tiniarmada..or something like that from Charlston, West Virginia) should take a few seconds to help solve your mystery...or not. He's an espert! And thank you.

Most,

Aunt Mark

(Edit) I meant to type expert. And he just might be that. Best of luck.

I am by no means an expert on Aalto, but I have never seen that leg configuration on any of his pieces, that I have seen before. I have seen a Thonet table with natural birch top and that leg configuration before, however. That is not to say that it is Thonet, because I have seen them put out more than one piece that looked close enough to Aalto that I am sure Alvar was cursing under his breath.

The thing to check is how the legs were bent. All of Aalto's stools used a patented technique that involved kerfing the joint prior to bending. If you look right where the joint is you can see layers of the birch ply stop in a staggered pattern, just past the bend. I expect the table would be no different.

Of course, if you dont have access to the table to look at it up close, then nothing in this response is helpful....

Thank you very much for your help!