tchp,
jesgord is correct. These tables are not Quistgaard and it makes me nuts that the attribution has taken a life of its own. I love the design, and have a couple of them myself. One is marked DUX, the other Kallemo. However they appear to have come from Sweden and I have found no evidence that Quistgaard had anything to do with them. One day I will discover who actually designed this table.
They are just fantastic with their versatile flip top, but I always prefer looking at them with the concave side up.
Some new additions...
A little Kukkapuro has just come into my life. The Karuselli lounge chair is so incredibly comfortable, it is in my list of top ten chair designs that are not only beautiful, but sublime for me to sit in.
Also, perfect for the holidays is this great big Erik Hoglund floor candleabra.
Lastly, we finally got one of these Finn Juhl benches, just like the one in his home in Ordrup. I have wanted one forever and have the perfect spot for it.
Happy New Year!
tchp, I was outbid on eBay just over a month ago for that table design. I wonder if I lost out to your actual gift-giver.
On the real non-Dansk Quistgaard front, I just paid for a matching Kronjyden "Relief" wenge and ceramic pepper mill and sale shaker set. It's still in transit from Denmark and hopefully arrives in good shape. I have a small collection of both pepper mills and Relief pieces, and these guys would quickly jump to the feature spot of both collections.
cdsilva,
That is a nice purchase. I have been considering buying some Quistgaard ceramic pieces. I did not know about those mills though.
My table came from a local vintage shop, and the price was not too bad. I actually found it advertised on Craigslist, and asked my girlfriend if she would go by the store and see if they still had it. She later lied to me and said it was sold already, but she had actually bought it for me as a gift. She swears that she does not normally lie unless it is truly necessary.
It is interesting that this other concave fruit table with a similar flip top functionality appears to have also been made by Källemo, with Yngve Ekstrom cited as its designer. I am not sure how much connection the current Källemo has with items made in the 60's, etc., but I did send them an email tonight asking if anyone there had any information about the "Quistgaard" table and who designed it. Hopefully they will get back to me with some information.
It looks like the Wegner fruit table/tray came from 1956, and I was already wondering if small concave tray tables that served as fruit bowls were something that have traditionally been part of Scandinavian furniture, pre-dating modernism, or if it was something new, and first introduced by someone like Wegner. I really have no idea myself. If Wegner was the first person to conceive the idea, then it would seem likely it influenced the designs that came later.
http://www.pp.dk/index.php?page=collection&cat=8&id=36
Managed to score a parallel bar settee (which I've been after for years) in dire need of reupholstering, but that's alright with me. Currently ordering way too many swatches to try to narrow down fabric.
Also nabbed a Kindt-Larsen coffee table which someone apparently used as a planter at some point as the top is destroyed. Should clean up though; I'm not too worried. This might be my favorite coffee table design of all time.
couple of nice things
- A large collection of Denby glassware. Something I have been casually looking for for quite a while. Wife loves them so they stay
- A Folke Ohlsson recliner for Dux. Nicely reupholstered quite some time ago but not the best color (sky blue). Tried it in the living room but that darn beat up Drexel Heritage leather lounge chair is hard to beat. Will try it in the office.
The reclining mechanism is a crack up.
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