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Excellent Furniture Co models 117 & 118.
This is the before now known Aasbjerg model, courtesy of early 60s Illums Bolighus catalogs. Many specimens of this table are actually what was categorized as models 119 and 120 (There is a later page that explains the sizes and veneer vs solid model nomenclature).
Model 117 specimen
Here is a specimen, which was not offered as an identified piece at the time of the sale.
The models 117 - 120 are relatively easy to find on the internet, so I won't belabor the thread with a bunch of specimens.
http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/tables/coffee-tables-cocktail-tables/re...
Aasbjerg cabinet
Unknown model number, similar to 282. Solid teak with dovetail corner details. Sold unidentified.
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/8235580
Leif,
thank you for your Herculean effort to scan and upload that catalog...incredibly beautiful pieces.
On page 39, is there any mention of who the coffee table is by?
A few years back I had a smaller side table that looked similar (if not identical) . It was unmarked and seemed very nicely made...
Edit :(corrected page #)
Solange
No, it doesn't indicate who made the table. And I checked the price list to see if that design appears there perchance; it doesn't.
Other Møller pages (e.g. the page 16 showing Møller model 71) appear to be the same image as in the 50s Møller catalog I have. I would guess all the Møller images came from Møller directly. This would then suggest that the coffee table is a Møller piece.
There are a few peculiarities with this theory:
1. the 50s Møller catalog I have (from paere dansk) does NOT show any of the various upholstered pieces, but then I don't know that the paere dansk catalog is a complete catalog (in fact I suspect it was edited at some point as the opening page says, "1950s Møbelkatalog," which seems like what an abridged retrospective version would say).
2. That coffee table is not in the 50s catalog.
3. The letter "V" is an odd choice to represent Møller. Most of the other abbreviations have been much more obvious (not all though, e.g. ELLA and ELLEN for the Vamo by Vodder swivel chairs is likewise... odd). This suggests the possibility that "V" stands for an intermediary wholesaler, "V__", from whom the Møllers and upholstered pieces all come. Another highly speculative point in favor of this theory is that Møller chairs do not seem to be common dining chairs in collections of furniture purchased through Excellent Furniture Co, which mostly come from a few years after this catalog. Eric Buck chairs are the most common. In 1964, receipts show they definitely went straight to O.D. Møbler for Buck chairs, as well as to Høng for Kirkegaards (and to Sibast for a Vodder hi-fi cabinet). The prices would be better direct, so perhaps later catalogs will show many fewer, if any, "V" entries.
Sorry I don't have anything concrete for you. But I bet someone here knows who made the couch and chair. Why don't you grab the catalog image and start an ID thread for it? (Link to the 640 wide image: )
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Excellent Furniture Co model 236 by Johannes Aasbjerg.
This model is extremely similar to model 246, which is not in this catalog.
Differences:
Model 246 is solid teak with the signature dovetails
Model 246 has non-flippable doors (which are teak on the back, if you stick your head in the case).
Model 246 has round handles on the sliding doors.
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