GENUINE VICTORIAN ANTIQUE SOLID OAK LEATHER TOPPED WRITING TABLE WITH DRAWER ON TURNED LEGS V.G.C.
GENUINE ANTIQUE ong>VICTORIANong> SOLID OAK LEATHER TOPPED LIBRARY TABLE ong>WITHong> DRAWER ON TURNED LEGS VERY GOOD CONDITION TABLE EASY NW2 LONDON PICK UP LOW COST COURIERS ARRANGED MAKES FOR A PRACTICAL SOUND INVESTMENT THANK YOU HISTORY OF SIBAST FURNITURE Danish furniture manufacturer Sibast began in when cabinetmaker Peder Olsen Sibast opened a woodworking atelier on Denmark’s islong>andong> of Funen. The family-owned company steadily expong>andong>ed throughout the first half of the 20th century. In , Sibast’s children, Emma, Ole, ong>andong> Helge, took the reins, ong>andong> together they carried Sibast to international acclaim. According to Anna Sibast, great-grong>andong>daughter-in-law of the company’s founder, “Emma was in administration, taking care of the finances ong>andong> the employees’ wellbeing. Ole played a big role in selling, for example, to Hilton Hotels ong>andong> the White House, to name a few. ong>Andong> Helge was the driving force in the design ong>andong> production side of the business.” In the postwar era, Sibast became ong>oneong> of Denmark’s largest producers of fine wood chairs, tables, ong>andong> sideboards, celebrated for high quality craftsmanship ong>andong> modernist silhouettes. Helge Sibast apprenticed under his father ong>andong> was responsible for a many of the company’s most successful designs, including No. 7 Chair ong>andong> No. 8 Chair (both ). He also commissiong>oneong>d a number of top Danish designers of the day, like Grete Jalk, to develop Sibast lines. Arne Vodder, in particular, collaborated ong>withong> Sibast frequently between the s ong>andong> ‘70s. Notably, in , Vodder was awarded first prize at the X Triennale di Milano for his No. 29A Sideboard for Sibast. The taste for Danish modern furniture waned by the s, ong>andong> Sibast declined. In , the Sibast family sold the business—a year before Helge passed away—but wisely retained the copyright to many of its most popular designs. In , the fourth Sibast generation, Ditlev ong>andong> his wife Anna, revived the company, which today produces a few of the most iconic Sibast designs from the midcentury, along ong>withong> a few new ong>oneong>s that carry on the same spirit. Ad ID: