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jacobnewking32
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26/07/2016 12:17 am  

Recently purchased no makers name or marks anywhere on the piece.
oak lined drawers and tambour door very heavy piece any info greatfully received.
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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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26/07/2016 2:28 am  

This is quite an interesting piece. I've never before seen a piece intentionally executed in all curly teak. And I am glad you took a photo of the drawer sides, as they are quite unusual. The drawer fronts appear to be solid teak, or more probably, the same curly teak veneer over teak, and the dovetails look very likely hand cut. Also, the stopped dado drawer slide appears to have a hand chisel squared end. All very unique characteristics.
I don't think this is a Bernhard Pedersen and Søn, but the face frame around the tambour looks a lot like BPS....


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jacobnewking32
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26/07/2016 1:10 pm  

Thanks for the input I have searched the Web and been unable to find one like it there are similar by pedersen and johannes andersen but this may have been a bespoke piece.
I intend on having it restored the photos do not do it justice


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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26/07/2016 4:35 pm  

Link to the similar ones? Also more photos? The drawer side look a lot like pine in the photos. I can't make out the handles on the tambour. The rear. The bottom. Etc. etc.


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jacobnewking32
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27/07/2016 12:11 am  

A few more photos add sorry about the quality the sideboard is currently in the garage waiting to be collected by the restorers




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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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27/07/2016 4:20 am  

I am now beginning to question whether this is actually teak. Looking at the sides of the drawers, it appears the end grain is not teak, but rather more like Afrormosia. There is curly Afrormosia, but I am surprised that it would be this light after 50 years. Was it kept in very low light for most of it's life? (Alternatively it might be Bubinga, which is pretty closely related to Afrormosia, and known for its curliness, but not known to have been used in Scandinavia...)
Also the internal drawer's front looks like it is not teak.
Can I ask for sharp, well lit photos of the side grain and end grain?
The drawer sides are definitely oak (white oak) as you said.
The blue velvet? inside the drawer is unusual. It is almost always green felt. I've only ever seen blue felt in a Swedish piece (Bodafors?)


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tktoo
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27/07/2016 5:15 pm  

Leif, my initial thought was that the mottled figure of the veneers looked a lot like bubinga and the obviously hand-cut dovetails certainly hint at a one-off piece. Too bad if it's really unmarked. I'm kinda lovin' it, though. Nice work.


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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27/07/2016 6:42 pm  

The tambour appear to have saw kerfs missing between each slat. Usually in Scandinavian tambour we see either the invisible tambour which is split (perhaps with a guillotine?) or contoured tambour that is not meant to present a seamless appearance. I would say that this also suggests a one-off/very low volume piece.


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jacobnewking32
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27/07/2016 11:30 pm  

I've just been in contact with the original owners the piece was purchased in the UK in the early 1960s along with a table and chairs produced by Soro Stole and they always consider them a dining suite. I am awaiting photos to see if there is any similarities.


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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28/07/2016 3:11 am  

That would be quite surprising. Please post photos here, too. I am curious.
I say it would be surprising for a couple of reasons:
1. because Sorø was a chair factory (stolefabrik). The company did make some tables, but I don't think I've ever heard of a case piece. I wouldn't expect factory tooling and expertise to cross over. (On the other hand, perhaps that explains the hand cut dovetails on the drawers and the saw cut tambour).
2. because Sorø was a factory. Even the smallest Scandinavian cabinetmakers generally produced piece that show no evidence of "hand made," and Sorø called itself a factory.
It is a good thing you are in contact with the original owners, because otherwise I would guess that it will take a long time and a lot of work to figure out who made/designed this sideboard. It has many very unique, readily identifiable characteristics, so with enough time looking, you might find another piece with the maker's "signature" in the workmanship. This would not be a easy or fast.
And while any information from the original owners is an excellent lead, the burden of belief is higher than that, considering the many aspects that do not fit.


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jacobnewking32
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28/07/2016 3:13 pm  

Not greatest photos bot may give some indication




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cre888
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03/08/2016 7:36 am  

niiiiice! i wonder what period ?


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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23/08/2016 4:43 pm  

I think this sideboard was made by the same maker:
http://www.designaddict.com/forum/Identification/Sideboard-Heals-era-196...
The hand cut dovetails are the same. The solid afrormosia drawer fronts. Rabbet shaped drawer pull. Oaks drawer boxes.


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