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GENUINE ong>onong>g>ANTIQUEong>onong>g> VICTORIAN SOLID OAK LEATHER TOPPED LIBRARY ong>onong>g>TABLEong>onong>g> WITH DRAWER ong>ONong> ong>TURNEDong> ong>LEGong>S VERY GOOD Cong>ONong>DITIong>ONong> ong>onong>g>TABLEong>onong>g> EASY NW2 Long>ONong>Dong>ONong> 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 ong>onong> 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 internationg>onong>al acclaim. According to Anna Sibast, great-grong>andong>daughter-in-law of the company’s founder, “Emma was in administrationg>onong>, taking care of the finances ong>andong> the employees’ wellbeing. Ole played a big role in selling, for example, to Hiltong>onong> Hotels ong>andong> the White House, to name a few. ong>Andong> Helge was the driving force in the design ong>andong> productiong>onong> ong>onong>g>sideong>onong>g> of the business.” In the postwar era, Sibast became ong>onong>e of Denmark’s largest producers of fine wood chairs, ong>onong>g>tableong>onong>g>s, ong>andong> ong>onong>g>sideong>onong>g>boards, celebrated for high quality craftsmanship ong>andong> modernist silhouettes. Helge Sibast apprenticed under his father ong>andong> was respong>onong>sible for a many of the company’s most successful designs, including No. 7 Chair ong>andong> No. 8 Chair (both ). He also commissiong>onong>ed a number of top Danish designers of the day, like Grete Jalk, to develop Sibast lines. Arne Vodder, in particular, collaborated with 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 ong>onong>g>Sideong>onong>g>board 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 generationg>onong>, Ditlev ong>andong> his wife Anna, revived the company, which today produces a few of the most icong>onong>ic Sibast designs from the midcentury, along>onong>g with a few new ong>onong>es that carry ong>onong> the same spirit. Ad ID: