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terryt
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23/02/2015 10:10 pm  

Found a lovely teak table with a good logo but I can't seem to identify who the maker is.The drawer detail is very unique but after hours of search I can't seem to connect this piece to anyone.Thanks very much to anyone who can guide me to the maker!


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DrPoulet
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24/02/2015 12:14 am  

The logo reads SGCD but couldn't find much neither. This chest of drawers has been sold by a famous french auction house and has the same handles: http://www.drouot-morand.com/html/fiche.jsp?id=2497570&np=15&lng=fr&npp=...


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terryt
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24/02/2015 12:19 am  

Thank you so very much for this info as this is definitely the same designer since the drawer pulls are so distinctive.  Does anybody else have any info to help me with this search?


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DrPoulet
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24/02/2015 12:48 am  

After another quick search...
The logo is from US importer Gunnar Schwartz Company and the designer is Hans C. Andersen.
http://www.designaddict.com/forum/General-discussion/Origins-Selig-Gunna...
http://www.xcapemodern.com/bedroom_large_9.html
Couldn't find the maker though.


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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24/02/2015 2:17 am  

I have to say: following the stamped model number across two pieces and discovering that the other piece says designed by Hans Andersen is a mighty fine piece of detective work.  Hats off to you, sir!


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terryt
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24/02/2015 2:45 am  

Unbelievable!  Great job DrPoulet---I never would have found this info without your help!
A heartfelt thanks again for your assistance.  Now I am going to do some background info on the designer.


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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24/02/2015 3:20 am  

You mostly see small tables that were designed by him.  
And the handles on that are really nice.  It would require using a solid piece of teak for the whole drawer front, which is not very common in Danish production.


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terryt
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24/02/2015 4:52 am  

Leif, I have always admired you because you always seem to know these small but very significant details about Danish modern pieces.  Thank you for always helping everyone out ...... you are always an "amazinging" resource for us all!


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DrPoulet
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24/02/2015 12:37 pm  

Glad i could help and repay a little bit the help I always got from this forum. However I must admit I am a bit confused by this designer:
1. Hans C. Andersen is the name of the famous danish writer. I guess Andersen is quite a common name in Denmark but here even the middle initial is the same...
2. If you google for Hans C. Andersen work, there is never a maker stamp on the furniture. Why would some furniture maker advertise the designer but not the brand?
3. The only examples of Andersen name associated with a brand I could find is with Gunnar Schwartz Co., the US importer.
Would it possible that Hans C. Andersen is a bogus designer? I can easily imagine some kind of marketing genius coming up with the idea of stamping a danish name on a furniture to give it a more authentic feel and increase its value. And the only danish name they knew was the one of the writer. Indeed witout internet, how many danish names would you know?
Or... The designer's parents had a very strange sense of humor.
But then, your table and specially the handles are really nice. I would be surprised that it's a generic, "no name" piece. 
What do you guys think?


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24/02/2015 4:30 pm  

There was a manufacturer "Artex" which produced "Hans C. Andersen" designs.


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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24/02/2015 4:38 pm  

Well some huge percentage of denmark shares the same last names, due to the popularity of certain first names in the parents generation when patronyms were ended. Hence there are many many Andersens, Hansens, Christiansens, etc. So it is actually rather likely that there are now and have been many Hans C. Andersens in Denmark. (The complexity of Danish names can be quite interesting).
So I see no reason to think this designer doesn't exist. There were many, many designers, and many of them are lesser known than Hans Andersen.
The lack of manufacturer is odd, but I wouldn't think too much of it, or at least I wouldn't make it mean that the designer is a fiction. Perhaps these were private labeled for Gunnar Schwartz, plerhaps exclusively.  Selig would be a comparable case.  And it was quite frequent to market the designer so his name got stamped on there. 


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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07/03/2015 4:27 pm  

Here is a specimen marked as Gern Møbelfabrik. (Advertised as designed by Ejvind Johansson, but I would disregard that as Lauritz is highly unreliable):
http://www.lauritz.com/en/auction/ejvind-a-johansson-kommode-af-teak-ger...


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07/03/2015 7:38 pm  

There's also not a lot of variety in first names in Denmark due to the government requiring parents to choose from a list of approved names for their babies.  You can use a name that's not on the list but you have to get it approved first.  
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/08/world/europe/08iht-danes.html
That article is from 2004 and maybe they've relaxed a bit since then but it would have been the the law when this H. C. Andersen was born (if he existed at all).  There are probably more Hans C. Andersens.  It's probably on par with "Robert Johnson" in the US.  
 


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terryt
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07/03/2015 9:53 pm  

Thanks so much Spanky.  That is a great article from the N.Y. Times and shed a lot of light on the name Hans C. Andersen.  I love the piece and will post images of it once I refinish the top.


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terryt
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07/03/2015 11:11 pm  

Thanks again Leif for your input on my Hans C. Andersen? end table.  The images you show from the Lauritz auction house is very similar, but not an exact match to the work especially noting the drawer pulls.I measured the wafer style pull and it's overall width is 7". The recessed inset width of the solid wood  drawer face that it rests in is 3.5" wide  so it appears to be a more streamlined design that the Lauritz piece.
Thanks to all of you for your help with identification of this little jewel.


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