Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Nanna Ditzel was the most versatile and creative female designer that Denmark produced in the 20th century. Ditzel brought her talents to bear on a staggering array of forms — she designed furniture, jewelry, tableware and textiles; and she shaped her pieces using an equally astonishing variety of materials, from wood and wicker to silver, ceramics and fiberglass.
Born in Copenhagen, she trained as a cabinetmaker at the Royal Academy's furniture school — overseen by the great craftsman of the day, Kaare Klint — and graduated in 1943. Ditzel’s early work adhered to the classic Danish modernist tenets of simplicity, comfort and quality, and her armchairs, with their softly curved backrests are much in the spirit of Hans Wegner. Ditzel’s signature piece of that time is her Ring chair. Designed along with her husband, Jørgen Ditzel, a fabric maker, the chair has a semicircular padded armrest that seems to embrace the sitter. Ditzel began designing in wicker and in 1959 produced the Hanging chair. The piece, suspended from the ceiling by a chain, became a favorite for fashion shoots and may be as iconic of the 1960s as Eero Aarnio’s plastic Ball chair of 1963.
In 1956, Ditzel began designing for the Danish silverware firm Georg Jensen. In an association that lasted some 40 years, Ditzel would create organically shaped jewelry, barware, ceramic tableware and even tablecloths. Like her fellow Dane Verner Panton, Ditzel was not afraid to embrace industrial materials, and she began designing fiberglass chairs in the mid-1960s. Some of her most flamboyant work came toward the end of her career, in pieces such as 1989’s Bench for Two, with its shocking Op-art finish, or the Trinidad chair of 1992, with it’s sunburst-like, cut-though backs. Such feats of creativity were a fitting coda to one of the most imaginative, prolific and remarkable women of modern design.
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Teak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Oak, Teak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Wood, Beech
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Leather, Beech
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Maple, Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Sterling Silver
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Wood
Late 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Beech
1950s Danish Vintage Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Paper
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Beech
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Fiberglass
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Beech, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Birch
Early 20th Century North American Victorian Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Oak, Pine
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Fabric, Oak
1880s English Late Victorian Antique Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Mahogany
Mid-17th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Antique Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Metal
20th Century Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Paper
1890s German Folk Art Antique Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Fabric, Velvet, Wood
1890s American Antique Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Maple, Oak
19th Century Victorian Antique Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Oak
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Metal
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Beech
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Beech
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Beech
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Maple, Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Beech
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Beech
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Beech
1960s Danish Modern Vintage Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Brass
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Nanna Ditzel More Furniture and Collectibles
Oak