František Jirák - Commode - Bois

Original 1950s mid-century modern retro nightstand / chest of drawers.
Key features:Period: Late 1950s, with rockabilly and mid-century style elements.
Design: Two-tone wood veneer (light maple or silk pine veneer on the front, darker lacquered contrast on the top and base), with dark inlaid decorative strips.
Legs: Elegant, slanted wooden legs typical of the period.
Structure: With a curved profile drawer on top, a two-door cabinet section below, with period metal handles.
This piece of furniture can be linked to Central European (especially Czechoslovakian) furniture production and design. Why is it linked to this region? The heritage of Tatra Nábytok and UP Závody: In Czechoslovakia, in the 1950s and 1960s, renowned manufacturers such as Tatra Nábytok Pravenec or UP Závody produced exactly this style of two-tone (light wood front combined with dark frame and inlays) chests of drawers, hallway cabinets and bedside tables. The influence of František Jirák: The most influential Czechoslovak designer of the era, František Jirák, preferred to use the silky-gloss ash, maple or oak veneers shown in the picture, which he complemented with dark contrasting edges and characteristic, organically curved or angular wooden handles. Brussels Style: The After the 1958 Brussels World Fair, the Czechoslovak furniture industry created a unique, extremely popular modernist trend that mixed Scandinavian simplicity with local woodworking traditions.(AI)
The cabinet is in very good condition, it hasn't been used for a long time, there are a few small signs of use.

We can post it carefully packaged, in an insured, registered package.