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    Article number:
    105888
    Design:
    Josef Frank
    Material:
    Iron
    Color:
    Red
    Height:
    12 cm
    Width:
    8 cm
    Length:
    10 cm
    Country of manufacture:
    Sweden
    Net weight:
    5,4 kg
    Design year:
    1941
    Designed year:
    1941
  • Product information
    Article number:
    105888
    Design:
    Josef Frank
    Material:
    Iron
    Color:
    Red
    Height:
    12 cm
    Width:
    8 cm
    Length:
    10 cm
    Country of manufacture:
    Sweden
    Net weight:
    5,4 kg
    Design year:
    1941
    Designed year:
    1941
  • Design

    Josef Frank was inspired by ancient Rome and Greece. He created these heavy cast iron bookends in 1941 after A and Ω, the first and last letter of the classical Ionic Greek alphabet.

    Designer

    Josef Frank

    Josef Frank
    Josef Frank

    Josef Frank grew up in Vienna and studied architecture at Technische Hochschule (the Vienna University of Technology) in 1903 – 1908. In the 1920s he designed housing estates and large residential blocks built around common courtyards in a Vienna with severe housing shortages. In 1925, he founded the Haus & Garten interior firm together with architect colleague Oskar Wlach. Svenskt Tenn hired Josef Frank in 1934 and just a few years later he and Estrid Ericson made their international breakthrough. Although he was already 50 when he left the burgeoning Nazism in Vienna for Sweden, Frank is considered one of Sweden’s most important designers. Read more

  • Design

    Josef Frank was inspired by ancient Rome and Greece. He created these heavy cast iron bookends in 1941 after A and Ω, the first and last letter of the classical Ionic Greek alphabet.

    Designer

    Josef Frank

    Josef Frank
    Josef Frank

    Josef Frank grew up in Vienna and studied architecture at Technische Hochschule (the Vienna University of Technology) in 1903 – 1908. In the 1920s he designed housing estates and large residential blocks built around common courtyards in a Vienna with severe housing shortages. In 1925, he founded the Haus & Garten interior firm together with architect colleague Oskar Wlach. Svenskt Tenn hired Josef Frank in 1934 and just a few years later he and Estrid Ericson made their international breakthrough. Although he was already 50 when he left the burgeoning Nazism in Vienna for Sweden, Frank is considered one of Sweden’s most important designers. Read more

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