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Property from the Collection of Sue Kohler, Washington, D.C.

ELIEL SAARINEN | DINING TABLE AND SIX DINING CHAIRS

Auction Closed

October 7, 07:54 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

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Property from the Collection of Sue Kohler, Washington, D.C.

ELIEL SAARINEN

DINING TABLE AND SIX DINING CHAIRS


circa 1940-1949

table model no. F-23; chair model no. F-25

designed for the Flexible Home Arrangements series by Johnson Furniture Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan

birch, fabric upholstery

stenciled F23

dining table: 30 in. (76.2 cm) high

52 in. (132.1 cm) diameter

chairs: 33 x 18½ x 20 in. (83.8 x 47 x 50.8 cm) each

Rago Auctions, Lambertville, New Jersey, October 24, 2009, lots 702 and 703

The Collection of Sue Kohler, Washington, D.C.

Thence by descent

Amy L. Arnold and Brian D. Conway, Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America, Layton, UT, 2016, n.p. (for the table and chairs illustrated in a 1950 Flexible Home Arrangements catalogue)