• A table brush designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s, featuring a walnut handle and horsehair bristles. This Austrian piece combines ergonomic, modernist design with elevated elegance, characteristic of mid-century craftsmanship.
  • A table brush designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s, featuring a walnut handle and horsehair bristles. This Austrian piece combines ergonomic, modernist design with elevated elegance, characteristic of mid-century craftsmanship.
  • A table brush designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s, featuring a walnut handle and horsehair bristles. This Austrian piece combines ergonomic, modernist design with elevated elegance, characteristic of mid-century craftsmanship.
  • A table brush designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s, featuring a walnut handle and horsehair bristles. This Austrian piece combines ergonomic, modernist design with elevated elegance, characteristic of mid-century craftsmanship.
  • A table brush designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s, featuring a walnut handle and horsehair bristles. This Austrian piece combines ergonomic, modernist design with elevated elegance, characteristic of mid-century craftsmanship.
  • A table brush designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s, featuring a walnut handle and horsehair bristles. This Austrian piece combines ergonomic, modernist design with elevated elegance, characteristic of mid-century craftsmanship.
  • A table brush designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s, featuring a walnut handle and horsehair bristles. This Austrian piece combines ergonomic, modernist design with elevated elegance, characteristic of mid-century craftsmanship.
  • A table brush designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s, featuring a walnut handle and horsehair bristles. This Austrian piece combines ergonomic, modernist design with elevated elegance, characteristic of mid-century craftsmanship.
  • A table brush designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s, featuring a walnut handle and horsehair bristles. This Austrian piece combines ergonomic, modernist design with elevated elegance, characteristic of mid-century craftsmanship.
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Walnut Table Sweeper
#4264
Carl Auböck II, 1940s

£1,100

Description:

A walnut and horsehair table sweeper designed by Carl Auböck II during the late 1940s. 

This walnut table sweeper is the height of elevated everyday elegance, and its materials and construction are synonymous with the prestigious Austrian workshop. Typical of the designs of Carl Auböck II, this design is anchored by two materials. In this case, walnut and horse hair, in which the pale, soft brush provides a pleasing contrast against the warm walnut handle and dustpan. 

Indicative of the 2nd Carl Auböck's time spent at the Bauhaus, under the tutelage of Johannes Itten, the functionality of this this table sweeper is the ornament of the piece. It is the simplicity of the materials and tactility of the ergonomic shapes that combine to elevate this elegant everyday essential. 

Specifications:

Length: 28cm

Width: 22.5cm

Height of stacked set: 5cm

Materials: Walnut and horsehair

Design listed as either #22507 or #4264

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