Small Mauser 'Typewriters' Desk with stool, Black Lacquer, Tubular Steel, Germany, 1954
Original, fully restored Mauser 'Rundform' desk ‚Model Frankfurt’ from Waldeck/Germany, 1954.
Manufacturer: Mauser-Werke GmbH, Waldeck
Sheet metal in high-gloss black lacquer. Three Mauser-typical, polished decorative strips on the barrel, as well as polished aluminum strips around the base and tops.
Inside with 4 black lacquered metal drawers. Original key, the door underneath swings open when turned.
Writing surface with new black linoleum surface. Underneath a small shelf, also covered with linoleum.
The desk with the model name 'Frankfurt' was originally designed as a typewriter desk. It has an asymmetrical shape, typical of Streamline Modernism and is strongly inspired by Bauhaus tubular steel furniture.
Including original steeltube stool covered in new black leather (H 45 cm x W 45 cm x D 39,5 cm)
Table dimensions:
H 68 cm / 26.77 in
W 119 cm / 46.85 in
D 48 cm / 18.9 in
Literature: Mauser Rundform Produktkatalog von 1954; In: Von Vegesack, Alexander, Deutsche Stahlrohrmöbel – 650 Modelle aus Katalogen von 1927–1958. Munich: Bagert Verlag, 1986, Abb. S.142.