Tuck-furniture mark: is this Andreas Tuck or something else?  

Hi. Do you have a picture?

The Tuck furniture I have have the following stamp but maybe yours is a later stamp... I have never heard of another furniture maker named Tuck.

Anyway, you can find a vintage Andreas Tuck catalog here: http://www.matslinder.no/2016/03/03/hans-j-wegners-bord-for-andr-tuck/

This piece has the stamp you are talking about and seems to be a legit AT33: https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/tables/industrial-work-tables/sewing-t...

Hi DrPoulet,

the picture from the AT33 has exactly the same stamp I was talking about, therefore it seems to be an original one.

It is quite interesting that some pieces have the full description with Hans Wegner as well, others do not.

Thank you very much for your prompt and great help.

Cheers,

Ernest.

Hi! Sorry to bother again, but I was wondering. Is that possible that there is another catalogue with other coffee tables, as the one depicted here? In the catalogue that you suggested, I could not find it.

Thank you for your help!

Ernest

There are probably other catalogs but I am not sure many are available online. Your table is not in the catalog as it is a bit later (end of the 60s)

Your table is an AT17 and, according to Bruun Rasmussen, is in Andreas Tuck 1967 catalog.

https://bruun-rasmussen.dk/m/lots/9149EC87A599?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bruu...

Thank you for your help! The one I have is squared and in Teak, but the way of building it is identical, and it can be recognized in the lines that connect the legs with the top. And under it there is the label Tuck-furniture, as I mentioned before. Probably I could find it in the "Andreas Tuck catalogue 1967", if I will be ever be able to find it...

thanks again and have a nice day,

Ernest.

I would not be certain without better proof than Bruun-Rasmussen that these Andrea Tuck tables are Hans Wegner designs. In the late 1960s Andreas Tuck was working with other architects. And by sometime before 1969 the company had found another "permanent" architect.

In the very early 1970s the Salesco organization, of which Andreas Tuck was a part, held a design competition to find a new architect they could all work with. Ebbe Gehl and S

Oh, and another worthwhile piece of information: Andreas Tuck closed down in 1972. So this final period of its history was not long, and the late 1960s were a terrible time in the Danish furniture business.

So it is not surprising that there are not many pieces out there with this mark, nor is there much information about the period in general.

This is certainly valuable information, thank you! I attach some picture of my table indeed.

I'm becoming a big fan of Andreas Tuck actually, do you know if there is any monograph around?

Thank you for your help, I am really glad on this forum I can lean something!

Cheers,

Ernest

I don't know of any monograph on Andreas Tuck. I have a monograph on Carl Hansen called By Design Carl Hansen and Son 100 Years of Craftmanship, written by Frank C Motzkus. I believe it was commissioned by Carl Hansen as a sort of company biography. There is a massive amount of fascinating information in there.

The families behind Carl Hansen and Andreas Tuck were close and they were both in Salesco, so there is some valuable information in there about both companies, even though it is much more about Carl Hansen.

Back to your table, stylistically it does not look like Wegner at all. It does look plausibly like something Gehl & Nissen might have designed though. It can be hard to make judgements about this sort of thing in the Danish Modern though because there was much more of a collective idea of design than in other more individualistic places.

Hi, thank you for your help. From a quick google search can't find the book you have... I guess those, including the catalogue of Andreas Tuck, are rare pieces.

For my table, I agree with you that is rather the general idea of design, quality and incredible details in making these pieces that are attractive, not the name of the designer per se.

You know what? Too bad there is no "Andreas Tuck and sons". At least they would propose again the AT34 at reasonable prices!

All the best,

Ernerst.

There is little doubt that the table is by Hans Wegner. There are plenty of them on the web with the old stamp including the design by Hans J. Wegner mention. But I agree it does not look like Wegner at all.

Interesting. I've never seen the table before. If there is one with the Hans Wegner stamped underneath, then I believe you completely.

HI, just found these two on lauritz.com...

http://www.lauritz.com/en/auction/hans-j-wegner-par-sofaborde-lampeborde...