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Lot 99
Sale 5823 - Art and Design
Aug 23, 2023
7:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Price Realized
$3,528
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Svend Åge Madsen (Danish, 20th century) and Sigvard Bernadotte (Swedish, 1907-2002) Teak Writing Desk and Pivoting Armchair, K. Knudsen & Son and France & Daverkosen, Denmark, circa 1950s
Teak, brass
With one desktop drawer and a lower drawer accessed by the sliding tabletop, key present
The underside stamped: "Made in Denmark, KK, designed by architect Svend Madsen"
Along with an armchair in period upholstery
The chair with an applied signature plaque to front rail: "Sig Bernadotte"
The chair twice stamped to inner side rails" "FD, made in denmark" and bearing a circular label: "John Stuart Inc, New York, Grand Rapids"