GENUINE VICTORIAN ANTIQUE SOLID OAK LEATHER TOPPED WRITING TABLE WITH DRAWER ON TURNED LEGS V.G.C.
GENUINE ong>ANTIQUEong> VICTORIAN SOLID ong>OAKong> LEATHER TOPPED LIBRARY TABLE WITH 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 island of Funen. The family-owned company steadily expanded throughout the first half of the 20th century. In , Sibast’s children, Emma, Ole, and Helge, took the reins, and together they carried Sibast to international acclaim. According to Anna Sibast, great-granddaughter-in-law of the company’s founder, “Emma was in administration, taking care of the finances and the employees’ wellbeing. Ole played a big role in selling, for example, to Hilton Hotels and the White House, to name a few. And Helge was the driving force in the design and production side of the business.” In the postwar era, Sibast became one of Denmark’s largest producers of fine wood ong>chairong>s, tables, and sideboards, celebrated for high quality craftsmanship and modernist silhouettes. Helge Sibast apprenticed under his father and was responsible for a many of the company’s most successful designs, including No. 7 ong>Chairong> and No. 8 ong>Chairong> (both ). He also commissioned 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 and ‘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, and 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 and his wife Anna, revived the company, which today produces a few of the most iconic Sibast designs from the midcentury, along with a few new ones that carry on the same spirit. Ad ID: