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Danish furniture control stamps
From 1954 to 1977, Danish furniture that passed through the cabinetmakers' association could carry a control stamp: a small oval mark, usually in ink or foil, applied when the piece was registered. The stamp is a mark of origin and membership, not a signature of the cabinetmaker.
The most-seen version is the oval SB stamp with a serial number, applied by Ingeniør A. R. Ølgaard's office in Rudkøbing, and later by DANSK Møbelkontrol. A serial in the 20000s points to the early 1960s; the low 100000s to the late 1960s and early 1970s.
What the stamp supports: that the piece was made in Denmark, by a registered workshop, in the stamped period. What it does not: who designed or made the piece. A Danish control stamp on a teak credenza is consistent with a Danish cabinetmaker's piece; it is not, by itself, evidence of a named designer.
Consistent with Danish origin, c. 1954-1977. The stamp does not name a maker; attribution needs the joinery, the hardware and the construction details.
The stamp alone is one detail among many. We read it together with the drawer joint, the back panel and the underside — which is what the Photo guide asks for.
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