1942/​737

Gustaf Axel Berg (b. Jönköping 1891, d. Uppsala 1971)

Organic coffee table with legs and edges of ash wood, top of mahogany. This example manufactured approx. 1940s for G.A. Berg Inredning (Interior), Sweden. H. 57 cm. L. 122 cm. W. approx. 77 cm.

Variant with four legs of the model presented in 1943 at the exhibition Swedish Form at Designmuseum Danmark in Copenhagen. The table is also a variant of the table G.A. Berg presented at the World Exhibit in New York City in 1939.

Condition

Newly restored/sanded. Top with minor ground through spot in veneer.

Auction

Modern art and design, 15 October 2019

Category
Estimate

12,000–15,000 DKK

Sold

Price realised

15,500 DKK  

18 bids

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