Carl Malmsten
Sweden, 1944
Three sides showing rich floral inlays in different kinds of wood with motifs from the Swedish flora, the front with a larger fall front above a smaller.
Palisander
125 x 45 cm, height 75,3 cm.
The back marked with CM and a pencil note 1944

Paul Artaria, 'Carl Malmsten -Swedish Furniture', Wepf & Co Verlag Basel, 1954. This piece depicted on p 120, described as a 'Cabinet, given as a present to a flower lover, with elaborate inlaid work'.Lena Blomquist, 'Carl Malmsten känd och okänd', Jure Förlag, Stockholm 2012. This actual piece is depicted on p 147. ( unfortunately wrongly stated as designed in 1938).

Doctor Vesterlund, Alvesta Sweden.
In the Malmstens archive it is stated that this piece of furniture is registered as a chest, designed by Malmsten in 1944 and ordered by Dr Vesterlund in Alvesta.Thence by descent.