Jan Vanek Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Elegance describes the designs of Jan Vanek.
Influenced by his family’s furniture company, Vandek studied woodworking. Following a stint in Germany, where he advanced his skills at established firms in Munich, Stuttgart and Heilbronn, he returned home to the former Czechoslovakia and took over the family business, which in 1920 became known as Spojené Uměleckoprůmyslové Závody, or UP Závody.
Vanek's early friendships and collaborations with architectural and design greats like Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Adolf Loos and others likely had much to do with his graceful style, best exemplified by his 1930s bentwood chairs, with the arabesque curves of their arms and legs conjoining to form open, dynamic loops.
True to Czech standards for uniformity, Vanek scarcely altered the design over decades of production, though he did gradually modernize his frames: His 1950s models are more angular, industrialized — and very definitely modern.
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1940s Czech Brutalist Vintage Jan Vanek Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jan Vanek Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Jan Vanek Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Jan Vanek Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rosewood
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Jan Vanek Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary English Post-Modern Jan Vanek Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
2010s Brazilian International Style Jan Vanek Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jan Vanek Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Laminate, Walnut
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Jan Vanek Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
2010s Brazilian International Style Jan Vanek Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Jan Vanek Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Jan Vanek Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Ash
1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Jan Vanek Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Jan Vanek Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Birch, Mahogany
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jan Vanek Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak