Essential Design 
28 July 2022
Essential Design 
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Edmond J. Spence

Two-piece dining table

Sweden, c. 1955
birch overall: 29 h × 98¾ w × 56 d in (74 × 251 × 142 cm) larger: 29 h × 76¼ w × 52 d in (74 × 194 × 132 cm) smaller: 29 h × 37 w × 46 d in (74 × 94 × 117 cm)
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $5,250
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This biomorphic table is comprised of two separate tables and can be arranged in various configurations. Stamped manufacturer's mark to underside of larger example ‘Made in Sweden Factory No. 22’.

This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.

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5 Things to Know
About Edmond J. Spence

1. Edmond J. Spence believed that good design should be accessible to everyone so created furniture from high-end to affordable price-points.

2. His American Modernism designs were heavily influenced and inspired by other cultures.

3. Many of Spence's commissions were from foreign royalty and celebrities.

4. His designs were exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in the early 1950s.

5. His furniture was used for many years on the set of I Love Lucy.

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