Scovby - Danish Dining Rooms & Makers Marks.

Scovby – ‘Excellent Dining Room Furniture’
Scovby are a Danish dining room design and making company established by one man in a workshop back in 1933. From what I know and have seen of their furniture form and function go ‘hand in hand’, as it is both aesthetically pleasing and functional – for example is dining table has 2 hidden folding leaves to transform it from a 6 seated to a 12, also incorporating the base to create a sculptural whole.

I like the crisp look and slightly different shapes obtained in an otherwise simple design, I am also drawn to the discrete design features of Scovby’s furniture.
Description statement – taken from their website,
“The perfect design
To Skovby the perfect design is that which combines form and function in a beautiful piece of furniture.
When viewed at your local retailer our quality needs no explanation.” They pride themselves on form, precision and quality control.
The furniture Scovby produce is in a wide range of solid wood and veneered wood products, in everything from maple to wenge

Confide Round Extending Dining Table

Made from solid oak

Price £2150.00

Makers marks on their furniture
Mouseman.

 

Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson is known for his traditional and rustic furniture – with his trademark carved mouse on each and every piece.

Lifetime furniture.

Here is another example of how ‘lifetime furniture’ mark their furniture with decals, stating what it is and its batch number.

Herter Brothers Furniture.

Is a old furniture making company, piece seen here was made in 1865 and is estimated to sell for between $25000 and $35000 at auction. Seen on the left is a stamp on the underside of a piece and has left and indented cut mark, labelling it ‘HERTER BRO’S’.

Harvey Ellis.

Chest of drawers by Harvey Ellis – for Gustav Stickley in the early 1900’s, each dovetailed drawer is numbered and the chest is marked on the back with a 2.75” decal seen on the right. Est value is $15000 - $20000.

American modern.

An example of a standard furniture company who mark their work with an ink stamp seen here, on the back or the underside of each piece of furniture.