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1960’s Ejgil Petersen EP401 Executive Writing Desk - Kai Kristiansen
By Kai Kristiansen
Located in Bern, CH
1960’s Ejgil Petersen EP401 Executive Writing Desk. Lockable drawers with original key.
Steel
Unavailable
H 28.75 in W 61.03 in D 29.53 in
Midcentury Rosewood Ep401 Desk by Kai Kristiansen, circa 1960
By Kai Kristiansen
Located in Paddock Wood, Kent
Midcentury rosewood EP401 desk by Kai Kristiansen, circa 1960. A very stylish desirable rosewood desk produced in the 1960s, having six drawers and open bookshelf to the back making...
Rosewood
Kai Kristiansen Model EP 401 Rosewood Executive Desk for Feldballes
By Kai Kristiansen, Feldballes Møbelfabrik
Located in Norwalk, CT
Sleek, elegant, and powerful, the EP 401 desk by Kai Kristiansen is a timeless piece of Danish Mid-Century design.
Aluminum
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H 29.14 in W 61.03 in D 29.53 in
Kai Kristiansen Desk Model EP401 by Feldballes Møbelfabrik in Denmark
By Kai Kristiansen
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare desk model EP401 designed by Kai Kristiansen. Produced by Feldballes Møbelfabrik in Denmark.
Steel
Kai Kristiansen Desk Model EP401 by Feldballes Møbelfabrik in Denmark
By Kai Kristiansen
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare desk model EP401 designed by Kai Kristiansen. Produced by Feldballes Møbelfabrik in Denmark.
Aluminum
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H 29.14 in W 61.03 in D 29.53 in
Kai Kristiansen Desk Model EP401 Produced by Feldballes Møbelfabrik in Denmark
By Kai Kristiansen
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare freestanding desk model EP401 designed by Kai Kristiansen. Produced by Feldballes Møbelfabrik in Denmark.
Aluminum, Steel
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H 28.35 in W 61.03 in D 29.53 in
Kai Kristiansen Free Standing Writhing Desk EP 401 of Oak Made in Denmark, 1960s
By Kai Kristiansen, Preben Schou Andersen
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Freestanding vintage writing desk model EP 401 by the Danish furniture architect and designer Kai Kristiansen.
Metal, Aluminum
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H 28.35 in W 61.03 in D 29.53 in
Beautiful Kai Kristiansen Writing Desk Modell EP401 in Oak, Made by Feldballes
By Kai Kristiansen, Feldballes Møbelfabrik
Located in Berlin, DE
Kristiansen finished his apprenticeship as a carpenter in 1947. He then attended the furniture school at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen until 1951. There he stud...
Aluminum
Kai Kristiansen Model Ep 401 Rosewood Executive Desk
By Kai Kristiansen, Feldballes Møbelfabrik
Located in Berkeley, CA
Origin: Denmark Designer: Kai Kristiansen Manufacturer: Feldballes Møbelfabrik Era: 1960s Materials: Rosewood Measurements:61? wide x 29.5? deep x 28.5? tall Condition: In go...
Rosewood
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H 28.75 in W 61.03 in D 29.53 in
1960s Kai Kristiansen Rosewood Executive Desk Model EP 401, Denmark
By Kai Kristiansen
Located in Praha, CZ
- Item has been carefully refurbished
Rosewood
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H 28.5 in W 61 in D 29.5 in
Brazilian Rosewood Desk by Kai Kristiansen “EP401” for Feldballes Møbelfabrik
By Kai Kristiansen
Located in Round Rock, TX
Brazilian Rosewood free standing desk by Kai Kristiansen for Feldballes Møbelfabrik 1960s, Denmark. Having open storage on its backside and a finished back allows the desk placed...
Rosewood
Kai Kristiansen freestanding Rosewood Desk, Model EP 401, 1960s
By Kai Kristiansen
Located in Handewitt, DE
Freestanding Danish 1960s rosewood desk – Model EP 401. Designed by Kai Kristiansen for Feldballes Møbelfabrik.
Aluminum
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H 28.55 in W 61.03 in D 29.34 in
Kai Kristiansen Free Standing Teak Desk Model EP 401 for Feldballes Møbelfabrik
By Kai Kristiansen
Located in Vordingborg, DK
Kai Kristiansen freestanding teak desk model EP 401 for Feldballes Møbelfabrik in the 1960s.
Teak
Mid-Century Ep401 Desk by Kai Kristiansen, circa 1960
By Kai Kristiansen
Located in Paddock Wood, Kent
Mid-Century EP401 desk by Kai Kristiansen, circa 1960. A very stylish desirable rosewood desk produced in the 1960s, having six drawers and open bookshelf to the back making it comp...
Aluminum
Mid-Century Rosewood EP401 Desk by Kai Kristiansen
By Kai Kristiansen, Feldballes Møbelfabrik
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
20th Century Brazilian rosewood EP401 desk designed by Kai Kristiansen for Feldballes Møbelfabrik in the 1960s.
Steel
Mid-Century Rosewood EP401 Desk by Kai Kristiansen, circa 1960
By Kai Kristiansen, Schou Andersen Møbelfabrik
Located in Paddock Wood, Kent
Mid-Century Rosewood EP401 desk by Kai Kristiansen, circa 1960 A very stylish desirable rosewood desk produced in the 1960s, having six drawers and open bookshelf to the back making...
Wood, Rosewood
Kai Kristiansen Desk Model EP 401, 1960s
By Kai Kristiansen, Feldballes Møbelfabrik
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Rosewood desk, model EP 401. Designed by Kai Kristiansen, produced by Feldballes Møbelfabrik.
Aluminum
Mid-Century Rosewood EP401 Desk by Kai Kristiansen, circa 1960
By Kai Kristiansen
Located in Berlin, Germany
Freestanding Rosewood veneered desk designed by Kai Kristiansen. The desk has six drawers with aluminium handles. The back has a bookshelf consisting of three compartments. The feet ...
Aluminum
Rosewood Desk by Kai Kristiansen, Feldballes Mobelfabrik, 1960s
By Kai Kristiansen, Feldballes Møbelfabrik
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Kai Kristiansen design this desk, Model EP 401, in 1960, combining two materials, wood and aluminum.
Aluminum
With a passion for math and engineering, Kai Kristiansen has created high-quality wood furniture for decades. Beginning in the 1950s, his coffee tables, chairs, modular shelving and other furnishings were made in the style that would become internationally renowned as Danish modern and boasted clean lines, perfected functionality and exacting craftsmanship.
Born in Denmark, Kristiansen trained in cabinetmaking before studying with Kaare Klint, often cited as the “father of modern Danish design,” at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. At just 26 years old, Kristiansen opened his own studio.
Kristiansen had his mid-century breakthrough in 1956 with the Chair #42, which he made with Schou Andersen. Unlike most other chairs at the time, Chair #42’s armrests, with their wealth of radical angles, were connected to the back rather than the front legs. This unconventional flourish makes the backrest appear as though it is floating in midair above the seat.
Kristiansen’s next innovation was a modular wall system in 1957 — three years ahead of Dieter Rams’s more famous 606 Universal Shelving System. Called the Reolsystem Wall Unit, produced by SB Feldballes Møbelfabrik, it’s also known as the FM Wall Unit as FM/Fornem Møbelkunst began producing it in the 1960s.
Kristiansen would go on to work with other leading Danish furniture manufacturers such as Magnus Olesen, Fritz Hansen and Vildbjerg Møbelfabrik, designing everything from chairs and desks to sideboards and cabinets, frequently in rosewood and teak. (The latter was a sought-after wood by Scandinavian modern designers.)
While many of Kristiansen’s timeless designs remain in production, such as his Paper Knife sofa, which was reintroduced by Miyazaki Chair Factory in 2008, and his 1950s Entré collection, which was relaunched with Great Dane Furniture in 2016, others are prized as vintage mid-century pieces.
Today, Kristiansen is still at work on new furniture with an expert eye to thoughtfully functional designs that are made to last.
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