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LACK wall shelf without leg, blackbrown, 190x26 cm

Name: LACK wall shelf without leg, blackbrown
Brand: LACK
SKU: 40103751
Price: 1,099 TRY
Availability: InStock

₺1,099

401.037.51

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The shelf becomes one with the wall thanks to the concealed mounting hardware.

Article Number 401.037.51

How low can the price go?

Vivianne Sjölin, the range coordinator at IKEA, thought that IKEA had too many big, heavy tables made of wood, metal and glass. Vivianne wanted to see nice, little, colourful tables that were easy to place with flexible use, and that customers might buy on impulse, almost like a souvenir.

Back home in Älmhult, Jan Hellzén and Tomas Paulsson were in the samples room talking about tables when Ingvar Kamprad stopped by, pointed at the table and asked the price. Tomas and Jan improvised a price of 298 kronor. Ingvar didn’t like the price, so he suggested that it could be made out of board-on-frame, the same technique as interior doors, and it can’t cost more than 75 kronor. Tomas was familiar with board-on-frame; so when Jan visited the factory, and product development began in earnest.

In 1979, the table came into the range and the price was 78 kronor. LACK was launched in the 1981 catalogue, by which time the price had gone up to 89 kronor. Everyone was happy; apart from Ingvar, who thought the table was far too expensive.

You can still buy the LACK table at IKEA, and at a lower price than the original. Ever cost-conscious, Ingvar Kamprad would probably have been happy with that.

The image is from the 1985 IKEA Catalogue that says: “The table for all your rooms.”

Material

What is constructed board?

We use constructed boards when manufacturing many of our pieces of furniture, such as tables and wardrobes. They are light yet still stable and strong. Each board has a frame made of chipboard, fibreboard or solid wood, while the inside is a honeycomb filling structure made of mostly recycled paper, which is extra durable thanks to its special construction. The board is then covered with a protective paint, foil or veneer depending on the style wanted.

Function Solution

It's the shelf you see, not the screws

Some shelves have elegantly made fittings that are designed to be seen. But not LACK. The wall fittings for LACK shelf are designed to be invisible. That way, your shelf forms a natural part of the wall.

Function Solution

How much weight can a shelf hold?

Even a strong wall shelf will only be able to bear a little weight if it's fixed to the wall with the wrong fittings. For a wall shelf to be practical and secure you must use the right fittings for the wall type. Check if your walls are concrete, plaster or wood. There are fittings for all wall types. If you can, try to determine what part of the wall is load-bearing. The most secure place to mount a shelf is on the bearing part of the wall.