side board
The way in which danish manufactuers and designers worked was that a designer would sign up with a manufacturer.
So the manufacturer is Axel Christiansen Odder but the designer is not. Gunni Omann designed a lot of sideboards for them. Cannot find yours though.
http://www.deconet.com/decopedia/designer/Gunni-Omann-id-874
Some designers moved and some were contracted to more than 1 designer, Poul Kjærholm
Additionally just because it was made in Denmark does not mean it is Danish Modern and therefore worth anything. Like car making you have Ferrari and Fiat. Both made cars in the 60's.
If there is no mark on it then it is unlikely to be theirs and no mark usually means no good.
http://tinyurl.com/ljpr9vg
Might be....
Might be this one:
http://www.deconet.com/item.images.action?id=438454&imageId=0
make sure the legs are original though
You say with authority that...
You say with authority that Gunni Omann designed for Axel Christensen. This piques my interest. This is an assertion that seems to be commonly made, and aesthetically plausible, but I've never seen any documentation that verifies it.
So, can you tell us more about this?
Thanks!
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"So the manufacturer is Axel Christiansen Odder but the designer is not. Gunni Omann designed a lot of sideboards for them. Cannot find yours though.
http://www.deconet.com/decopedia/designer/Gunni-Omann-id-874
What sort of documentation would you be looking for?
Well I was thinking vintage c...
Well I was thinking vintage catalog, magazine, advertisement, respected book, marked piece that says "designed by Gunni Omann." That sort of thing. Deconet is not really a source for authoritative information.
Anyway, I really like the pieces designed by Gunni Omann from his factory, and I'd like to know definitively if it is the case that other piece that look a lot like his that are out there, like these ACO/Axel Christensen pieces, are his designs as well.
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