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Kay Bojesen - born 130 years ago

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Kay Bojesen - born 130 years ago

Happy birthday, Kay Bojesen - born 130 years ago. I played with these more then 40 years ago.  Kay Bojesen (15 August 1886 – 28 August 1958) was a Danish silversmith and designer. He is best known for creating wooden animals, especially his wooden monkey which was exhibited at the Victoria and Albert museum in London in the nineteen-fifties, and which today is considered a design classic.From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Restoration: Polishing and cleaning

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Restoration: Polishing and cleaning

Polishing and cleaning a brass art deco lamp.     

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Restoration project/restaurering

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Restoration project/restaurering

Restaurering, slibning og oliering et dansk designet sofabord lavet af teaktræ med magasin hylde i stjerneflet, produceret i 1960'erne/Restoration of, sanding and oiling a Danish designed coffee table made of teakwood with magazine rack in star merge, produced in the 1960ies  

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