Coffee Table by Tove & Edvard Kindt-Larsen? France & Son or other?  

I guess you will find this thread helpful 🙂 http://www.designaddict.com/forum/General-discussion/Are-France-Son-piec...

Oh and check if the table disassembles. It is a knock down construction.

@DrPoulet thanks! although it does leave a little bit of question regarding authenticity of non stamped France and Son; but it very much does look like a Tove & Kindt-Larsen table like the one in that post 😀

I would avoid it if it is a France and Søn if it is not marked. Unless the price is really great. Even if it is legit France and Søn was so reliable about marking their stuff that people will not trust it without the mark.
Sometimes the medallions do fall out. And there should be a second France and Søn marking, physically impressed with gold foil. This second one can be hard to see in low light.

thanks @leifericson
I have heard conflicting things in the past about France and Son markings; some people seem to claim they have non marker F&S; are they wrong/mistaken?

I guess the other question; did Toves and Klindt-Larsen make this with any other manufacturers besides f&s?

I do not believe the are wrong or mistaken. But it seems to only have ever happened a very, very, very few times. And no this design was only for France and Søn.

It doesn't look right to me.
The side stretchers don't seem to exhibit the flowing soft sculpted wood working seen on an original. It's hard to make out from the image but it also looks like the two raised lip ends are not as pronounced as they should be.
The whole table should be produced from solid teak, including the surface, I suspect the table you have pictured may have a veneered top.

You appear correct @howardmoon and @leifericson it doesn't appear to be the Toves & Edvard Klindt-Larsen, but I still picked it up. Once seeing it in person it didn't have the proper look; but for the price (and my need for a new coffee table)! I am happy with it. Thanks for your help!

Yeah, that does not look like the same design. Very similar.
For the record however there is a teak veneer version of the Kindt Larsen for France and Søn coffee table. The good ones are solid teak. The veneer version has a veneer surface with the raised lips carved from end grain teak and stuck on the ends. It is not a proper job because the end grain teak moves while the flat surface does not. This causes the splitting of the lip or breaking of the glue joint or any number of bad things.
I have to assume that this was a later version specifically intended to cut costs. I would guess from the late 1960s or 1970s and probably later in the Poul Cadovius era of France and Søn (post 1966). I have seen other late France and Søn pieces like the Hvidt & Mølgaard gateleg table, which in the classic version is solid teak, made out of veneer, with the veneer over the edge banding. Again to cut costs and keep the appearance mostly the same, even if it is not a design that lends itself to being executed in that fashion.
Anyway, here is a marked example in teak veneer with end grain edge banding:

@leifericson
you're amazing; full of really great information. I will assume my table is "inspired by" or perhaps a later, budget version. It appears to be teak, and construction looks decent. Glue jobs don't overlap, and no separation or anything. There seems some variation in the colouring on the edges vs the table top; assume thats due to the veneer and solid wood edges being different consistencies.

Your coffee table is a very similar, but not a Kindt-Larsen. Not even a later one.
And you table is built properly, which makes me prefer it greatly to one of the later "cost-cut" Kindt-Larsens. (The early ones that are carved out of solid teak are quite nice though.) The raised lip edge banding is side grain, so there is no mismatched wood movement to lead to structural problems.