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E. Kold Christensen Side Tables

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Founded in Hellerup, Denmark, by entrepreneur Ejvind Kold Christensen, furniture manufacturer E. Kold Christensen was instrumental in advancing the career of Poul Kjærholm, a revered Danish cabinetmaker who brought a graceful and sleek new style to Scandinavian design.

Christensen and Kjærholm formed not only a close friendship but also a fruitful business partnership that endured for decades. The company produced most of Kjærholm’s acclaimed armchairs, stools and lounge chairs — which were often framed in brushed steel and upholstered in leather — until Kjærholm’s death in 1980.

Christensen began his career as a sales manager for the furniture manufacturer Carl Hansen & Søn. In the late 1940s, Christensen introduced the young Hans Wegner to Carl’s son, Holger Hansen — who was by then running his family’s legendary company — after recognizing the potential of this new designer. Wegner, Hansen and Christensen solidified their partnership by forming SALESCO — a marketing company with the sole purpose of promoting Wegner’s now universally celebrated body of work

In the mid-1950s, Christensen partnered with promising designer Kjærholm — their pairing was the result of Wegner recommending that Christensen help develop Kjærholm (Wegner had been a teacher of Kjærholm’s at what is now the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts). Christensen established his eponymous company with the singular goal of manufacturing his friend’s works. 

E. Kold Christensen’s founder offered Kjærholm the room he needed to explore the structural potential of steel in furniture-making — he created forward-looking seating, tables and other pieces that reflected the influence of modernist designers such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich rather than the output of his Scandinavian peers, who worked primarily with wood. (Kjærholm would later experiment with wood during the 1970s.) 

The refined PK22 chair, a lounger made of steel with a seat of leather or canvas has over time been compared to Mies and Reich’s Barcelona chair and is a fine example of Kjærholm’s mid-century innovations for E. Kold Christensen. It was an instant commercial success — launching both the designer's and manufacturer's careers. Later, Kjærholm’s iconic PK24 chair merged stainless steel, leather and a sinuous seat of woven wicker, while his PK61 coffee table offered a fanciful, off-center support structure for its glass top. By 1960, Kjærholm had twice been awarded the Grand Prize at the Milan Triennale.

In the 1980s, E. Kold Christensen sold the production rights to a range of Kjærholm’s work to Fritz Hansen, where the designer had incidentally worked for a short time in the early 1950s (the company now has rights to the complete collection) . Many of Kjærholm’s works are part of collections at the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, while museums in Norway, Denmark, Germany and Sweden also have his works — each produced by E. Kold Christensen — in their permanent collections. 

On 1stDibs, find vintage E. Kold Christensen chairs, tables, lighting and more.

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Creator: E. Kold Christensen
Rare Poul Kjærholm PK62 Porsgrunn Side Table, E. Kold Christensen
By Poul Kjærholm, E. Kold Christensen
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Rare Poul Kjaerholm PK62 side table with frame of brushed chromed steel, original top of Porsgrunn marble. Designed by Poul Kjaerholm 1968 and made by E. Kold Christensen, marked wit...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage E. Kold Christensen Side Tables

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Poul Kjaerholm Set of Nesting Tables in White Perspex and Steel
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Poul Kjaerholm for E. Kold Christensen, set of 'PK17' nesting tables, perspex acrylic, steel, Denmark, 1957 These modernist Danish nesting tables by Poul Kjaerholm were manufactured...
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PK-61 Low Table by Poul Kjaerholm for E. Kold Christensen, 1956
By E. Kold Christensen, Poul Kjærholm
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A PK-61 low table designed by Poul Kjaerholm featuring a satin-chrome steel frame with the original 1.25" glass top. Made by E. Kold Christensen in Denmark, circa 1950s.
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Steel

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E. Kold Christensen side tables for sale on 1stDibs.

E. Kold Christensen side tables are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of steel and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of E. Kold Christensen side tables, although gray editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original side tables by E. Kold Christensen were created in the Scandinavian Modern style in scandinavia during the 1950s. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider side tables by Poul Kjærholm, France & Daverkosen, and Fritz Hansen. Prices for E. Kold Christensen side tables can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $3,300 and can go as high as $17,500, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $10,400.

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