Lot Essay
Marie Louise Idestam-Blomberg's chess set, subsequently produced by Svensk Tenn, was originally produced in ebony and ivory for the 1925 Paris Exposition Internationale, where it received a Gold Medal.
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A CHESS TABLE, CIRCA 1940
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JOSEF FRANK (1885-1967)
A CHESS TABLE, CIRCA 1940
produced by Svenskt Tenn, the marble top inset with reverse-decorated and gilded glass chessboard, on tapering brass legs; together with a pewter chess set designed by Marie Louise Idestam-Blomberg for Svenskt Tenn
18 ¾ in. (47.5 cm.) high; 30 ¾ in. (78 cm.) wide; 20.3/3 in. (52.5 cm.) deep
A CHESS TABLE, CIRCA 1940
produced by Svenskt Tenn, the marble top inset with reverse-decorated and gilded glass chessboard, on tapering brass legs; together with a pewter chess set designed by Marie Louise Idestam-Blomberg for Svenskt Tenn
18 ¾ in. (47.5 cm.) high; 30 ¾ in. (78 cm.) wide; 20.3/3 in. (52.5 cm.) deep
Literature
Similar example illustrated:
H. Hedqvist, R. Jacobson, J. Von Gerber, Modernt Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 2004, p. 37.
H. Hedqvist, R. Jacobson, J. Von Gerber, Modernt Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 2004, p. 37.
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