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Mid-Century Dining Table by John Herbert in teak, Fonseca collection

Dining table from the 1960s, designed by John Herbert for the British brand A Younger.

This table belongs to the Fonseca collection that J Herbert created in the mid-1960s. Manufactured with a solid afromorsia structure and frame and teak tops.

It is an extendable dining table that houses an inner board that unfolds like the wings of a butterfly, providing an additional extension of 45.5 cm to the table.

Additional measures:

Closed 144 x 89 cm; height 73cm

Open 189.5 x 89 cm; height 73cm

Extension 45.5 x 89 cm

Sideboard by John Herbert for A Younger (Sequence Collection)

This sideboard brings us the successful duo of John Herbert as designer and A Younger Ltd as manufacturer.

The sideboard belongs to the well-known Sequence Collection.

Made to be admired by the buyer, this sideboard will last at least another 50 years. Its dark African solid wood frame along with solid handles create a contrast to the walnut wood used for the drawers and cabinet giving it a stunning look.

Its symmetry gives the sideboard an elegant look with beautiful solid organic handles.

Console table (A Younger)

John Herbert designed this console table for the well-known and awarded British maker furniture A. Younger, in the ’60s.
This console is not just any piece, it’s a part of the prestigious and award-winning Fonseca collection. Its fine join with the legs and long handle are just some of the features that make it a high-quality investment.
You can use the table as a desk due to its height, dimension, and storage.

Dimensions

L.106.5 cm

W. 46 cm

H.77.5 cm

Knee space:

L.72 cm

h. 58.5 cm

Dining table in teak, Fonseca Collection Model 746 by A. Younger 1960.

John Herbert was well known to be one of the first British influenced by the Danish Modern style, producing high-quality, well-crafted, low-volume furniture for cabinet maker A. Younger Ltd.

This table was awarded from the Furniture Makers’ Guild in 1960. It is an unusual table to find in the market and it was produced for Heals in the late ’60s. This example of a table is featured for the elegance and fine way the designer created the joint between the leg and the structure table. The beauty of the handcrafting and the mixture of the teakwood and the afromorsia make this table a timeless piece of furniture.

Herbert was an accomplished designer: in 1960 he won three awards from the Furniture Makers’ Guild for a sideboard and two tables, one from the Fonseca range.

Measurements

L.182.5 cm

W. 78 cm

H. 74 cm

Teak Coffee table by A Younger with a rattan rack

John Herbert was born in England and he was an active designer between the ‘50s and ‘60s and was known by his creation inspired in the Scandinavian style, he made high-end furniture a like side boards, tables, chairs etc…

He was the head of designed for A. Younger Ltd and and during this period he signed some of his most iconic collections that they were awarded later on, like “Fonseca” collection and “sequence” both collections became very popular at that time.

The coffee table we have here is one of the examples from its “Fonseca Collection” a rectangular coffee table with a beautiful afromorsia wood for its frame and legs and a vibrant teak wood for the top. Another feature that makes this piece so unique is the rattan rack.
The beauty of this table is due to the line up joints between the legs and the top, the use of the rattan for the rack and colours of the wood.

Dimensions

L.136 cm

W.46 cm

H.46 cm

Rack H.26 cm

A Younger Dining Table (Fonseca Collection)

Dining table designed by John Herbert for the prestigious English brand Younger, in England in the 1960s. This model belongs to the Fonseca collection.

This table, like the McIntosh T3 table, has two extensions, however John Herbert in the design of this table added the extensions at the head of the tables. With a hidden drawer system, we open and find the extensions, thus achieving, thanks to J. Herbert’s design, keeping the entire main top.

The work of the meeting between the leg and the structure that holds the boards is very clean and on the same level, which enhances the beauty of the meeting, leaving the structure clean of shadows.

Measures:

Table closed: 175 x 94 cm

Each extension: 34 x 94 cm

Extended table: 243 x 94 cm

Height: 73cm

Some information about the creator and manufacturer

A Younger Ltd was a leading British furniture manufacturer in the 1950s and 1960s. They produced low-volume, high-quality, well-made furniture for the upper end of the market, sold through independent retailers. They were among the first British furniture companies to adopt the modern Danish style in the 1950s and the first to abandon it in search of a new style in the late 1960s.

John Herbert was the principal designer for A Younger Ltd from 1955-1970 and designed most of his pieces until Alan Pledge joined him in 1967/68. In the mid-1950s, he led A Younger into making Danish-inspired modernist furniture, putting the company at the forefront of British business. Herbert was an accomplished designer: in 1960, he won three Furniture Makers Guild Awards for a sideboard and two tables, one of which was from the Fonseca range. In the late 1960s Herbert and Pledge took the company in a new direction, designing and launching the Toledo range in 1972.

You can find more extendable tables in the Vintage14 catalogue.

English Teak Sideboard from A Younger

This English teak sideboard brings us the successful duo of John Herbert as designer and A Younger Ltd as manufacturer.

The sideboard belongs to the well-known Sequence collection.

A Younger Ltd was a high-quality British furniture manufacturer that led style and contemporary taste in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Younger furniture was low volume, well made, and aimed at the top end of the market. Younger was amongst the first firms to make Scandinavian-style furniture in the fifties. A lot of its success was due to its award-winning designer, John Herbert. The A Younger label is often discretely located on the back of a drawer, as its designs were often retailed by small, up-market furniture shops who didn’t like makers to identify their pieces.

Its symmetry gives the sideboard an elegant look with beautiful solid organic handles.

Find more sideboards in the Vintage14 catalogue.

Sideboard from Younger (Sequence Collection)

John Herbert designed this sideboard in the United Kingdom in the 1960s for the A Younger brand.

This sideboard belongs to the Sequence collection, where the artistic maturity of J Herbert and the influence of the design of the Scandinavian school, so necessary in the 60s, is noticeable.

This piece of furniture consists of two modules, one with four drawers and the other with two doors.

Built with teak and afrormosia, it has a structural frame, legs and handles in solid teak.

Measurements

167×45.5 Height 79cm