Strauss & co - 16 October 2017, Cape Town

141 391 392 391 A pair of Swedish birch wood Triva chairs, Bengt Ruda for Nordiska Kompaniet, circa 1953 with scissor leg design, re-upholstered , each with label R –  392 A Danish teak and glass coffee table, IllumWikkelsø for CF Christensens, 1960s the x-shaped frame united by a stretcher with smoke-tinted tempered glass top, 53cm high, 119,5cm long, 86,5cmwide R –  IllumWikkelsø (1919-1999), designer of Danish furniture, was heavily influenced by clean lines and organic forms often found in nature with a particular emphasis on those characteristic of the Danish landscape. Having produced several pieces for the most iconic Danish manufacturers, such as CF Christensen, Wikkelsø played an important role in the development of mid-century Danish design.