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Unique 'Drop Flap' Side Table

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Top veneered in sycamore, nickel-plated legs, adjustable in several positions. Manufacturer's label to the underside: 'R 34700 C 22246'. Provenance: Architect Gunnar Asplund (1885-1940); Thence by descent to his son, architect Hans Asplund (1921-1994); Thence by descent to his son, diplomat and UN ambassador Bo Asplund (1950-2024); Thence by descent. Exhibitions: Stockholm Exhibition 1930, villa 42 designed by Carl Bergsten, living room. History: Drawing number '34700' in NK's archive is recorded on 19 February 1930, the client being the 'Stockholm Exhibition' with a note "Zycomore m.fl. Ark Bergsten". The commission number '22246' suggests that it was the present table that was exhibited. Literature: Catalogue, 'Stockholmsutställningen 1930 av konstindustri, konsthantverk och hemslöjd: Specialkatalog över bostadsavdelningen', 1930, p.143. (floor plan with the table illustrated) Archive, 'ArkDes' and 'Swedish Society of Crafts and Design', Model illustrated in photographs from the 1930 exhibition.