France & Daverkosen Furniture
The giant of mid-century furniture design France & Søn began its remarkable journey as a Danish firm specializing in the production and exporting of Scandinavian design called France & Daverkosen.
British businessman Charles William Fearnley France and Danish cabinetmaker Eric Daverkosen entered into a joint venture in 1936 — France being the investor and Daverkosen the head designer for their small mattress factory. Soon after production started at the France & Daverkosen company, Daverkosen became quite ill.
Concerned for his friend and their fledgling business, France traveled to Denmark, and Daverkosen died soon after his partner arrived. While France was attempting to make arrangements to transfer the company into his hands, World War II erupted, and Germany invaded Denmark. As a British citizen, France was captured and sent to a prison camp in Germany.
While in captivity, France developed several manufacturing ideas to pass the time and to keep his mind focused. He imagined a way to create lightweight wooden chairs that could be manufactured on an industrial scale and transported using an economic flat-pack format. He also thought of a way to retool his mattress factory to create chair backs, seats and sofa cushions.
Once freed, France returned to his business in Denmark and began to manufacture beech and teak goods that were gaining widespread acclaim around the world. He began to surround himself with some of the best Scandinavian designers of the time: Finn Juhl, Grete Jalk and Ole Wanscher, to name a few.
By 1954, France & Daverkosen accounted for 60 percent of all Danish furniture exports and their factory employed 350 people. Charles’s son James joined the company in 1957, which resulted in the name change to France & Søn.
Later, France & Søn was acquired by Danish designer Poul Cadovius, who folded it into the operations at CADO, a company he founded during the 1950s.
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern France & Daverkosen Furniture
Upholstery, Wood, Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Leather, Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern France & Daverkosen Furniture
Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Fabric, Teak
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern France & Daverkosen Furniture
Teak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Textile, Oak, Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern France & Daverkosen Furniture
Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Wood
1950s Danish Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Upholstery, Beech
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern France & Daverkosen Furniture
Wool, Beech, Teak
1950s Danish Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Upholstery, Teak
1960s Danish Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Upholstery, Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern France & Daverkosen Furniture
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern France & Daverkosen Furniture
Beech, Bouclé
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Leather, Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern France & Daverkosen Furniture
Beech
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern France & Daverkosen Furniture
Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern France & Daverkosen Furniture
Fabric, Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern France & Daverkosen Furniture
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Metal
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Upholstery, Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern France & Daverkosen Furniture
Upholstery, Cane, Wood, Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Fabric, Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern France & Daverkosen Furniture
Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Upholstery, Teak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Chrome
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Fabric, Teak
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern France & Daverkosen Furniture
Fabric, Teak
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern France & Daverkosen Furniture
Teak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Teak
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern France & Daverkosen Furniture
Wool, Oak, Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern France & Daverkosen Furniture
Upholstery, Teak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Leather, Beech
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern France & Daverkosen Furniture
Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Fabric, Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern France & Daverkosen Furniture
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Teak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Chrome
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Brass
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Foam, Beech
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Cane, Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Fabric, Teak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Brass
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern France & Daverkosen Furniture
Chrome
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Brass
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern France & Daverkosen Furniture
Leather, Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage France & Daverkosen Furniture
Beech
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