Vladimir Kagan for Grosfeld House Set of Nesting Tables, Very Rare 1950s, Signed

An extremely rare collectors set of nesting tables by Vladimir Kagan for Grosfeld House (1950's USA), fully restored. This set is signed underneath the center table with original Grosfeld House sticker label, and documented in early Grosfeld House advertisements.

This Mid-Century Modern set of four tables feature a Walnut coffee table with sculptural legs, and three nesting tables that have similar sculpted legs with a formica top and a brass accent leg.

Ideally used as either a coffee table or side / end table that can convert when needed to provide additional surface space for guests, entertaining, arts and crafts projects, and more. Vladimir Kagan's works have been highly valued by collectors and art / design investors, and his earlier works in the 1950s for Grosfeld House and Kagan-Dreyfuss are among the most sought after by 'purist collectors' like myself. Why do I prize his 1950s works above all else? I can write a short book on this, but one easy to explain reason is that this was a period unlike the rest of his career, where items produced in this time are hallmarked within that period - a distinction that his later works lacked. Essentially, everything post the early 60s blended together with the decades thereafter. A novice Kagan collector is content with anything by Kagan, even items produced by Directional and American Leather Company, but for true connoisseurs of Kagan, simply put: the 1950s was the bees knees.

This table set was acquired along with several other Grosfeld House pieces also designed by Kagan, including a caned desk (now sold to a very famous celebrity client), leather swivel desk chair with sculptural base, rare and coveted four-seat sofa with swiveling lounge chair, small caned cabinet with interior shelves, and a pair of rare Kagan-Dreyfuss sculptural caned armchairs. Photos of the house interior with these pieces in situ available upon request. While the desk has sold, the other items are available at the time of this post.

MEASUREMENTS:

H 22" x 34.5" Diameter (Incl. nesting tables when fully nested)

*Height of nesting tables is 20.75"

*Diameter of center table is 30" 

CONDITION:

Wood has been professionally refinished, the Formica cleaned, and brass polished. Ready for immediate use. While we notated the condition to be 'Excellent' in this listing, as this piece has been fully restored and all parts are original, there is, as to be expected, light signs of age visible 'through the restoration'.