Jens Quistgaard Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Created by Danish designer Jens Quistgaard for IHQ in the 1950s, this coffee table is a wonderfully unique piece. With its statement curved tray like shape and handles, this table is...

Beautiful side table designed by Jens Harald Quistgaard for DUX, 1950s, in teak. We have two available. Price is per table. The exquisitely shaped wood top can be removed and used a tray or function as a decorative bowl, with one side being flat and the other being curved. The sculptor Jens Harald Quistgaard worked with solid wood, often glueing cut blocks together before carving the individual components. He achieved the tray’s round motif by using various layers and multiple grain structures, making the piece both decorative and incredibly sturdy. Whether you are looking for a unique side table set up or wanting a matching side table for your accent chairs, the versatileness of these tables make them the best option for any space. Dimensions: 17.25"H x 19.5" Diameter About the Designer: The postwar-era work of Danish sculptor and designer Jens Harald Quistgaard is still exceedingly popular in living rooms in the United States, Europe and Japan, particularly in the homes of midcentury design enthusiasts. Having created serving pieces and barware for Dansk Designs for 30 years, Quistgaard produced striking Scandinavian modernist designs that married function with striking, sophisticated form. After demonstrating artistic talent at a young age, Quistgaard was gifted a forge and anvil so that he could work in his mother’s kitchen. He built toys, jewelry and hunting knives under his father’s tutelage. Later, he spent years learning from local artisans how to produce wood, metal, ceramic and glass models. Quistgaard’s career path solidified during his apprenticeship as a silversmith with legendary Danish silver firm Georg Jensen. By 1954, Quistgaard had become known for his designs in Denmark when American entrepreneur and businessman, Ted Nierenberg, discovered his work. The two formed a partnership to mass-produce Quistgaard’s wares in New York while the designer remained in Copenhagen. The long-distance relationship flourished for three decades, during which millions of Quistgaard pieces were manufactured in the factories of Dansk Designs, Nierenberg’s company. Owing primarily to the partnership between Dansk Designs and Quistgaard, many Americans became familiar with Scandinavian modernism. In the postwar era, American tastemakers sold the citizenry...

Circular coffee table, called 'Conical Stick Table' in rosewood and chrome-plated steel tube. Jens Harald Quistgaard / Nissen, Langå.

This coffee table by Jens H. Quistgaard for Nissen, c.1960s Denmark features a hand-oiled table top and frame composed of rich rosewood chrome plated steel. The...

A typical Danish Mid-century design. This table is made of solid staves of teak laminated together; this gives the table a unique look. Jens Harald Quistgaard designed this tabled an...

Danish vintage IHQ Jens Harald Quistgaard large coffee table made by Nissen Langaa. The tile-topped table is made of solid oak with 96 ocher-colored tiles in Quistgaard´s famous pat...

Circular wood and chromed steel table manufactured by Richard Nissen.

Circular wood and chromed steel table manufactured by Richard Nissen.

Round Brazilian rosewood coffee table designed by Jens Quistgaard for Nissen Langa, c/ 1966. The coffee table features a Brazilian rosewood circular top with raised edge and steel di...

Famous and very rare set of three Danish teak nesting tables with a tray top designed by Jens Harald Quistgaard and produced by Nissen from 1960-1969. Please note that the set is or...

Jens Quistgaard rare pair of rosewood tables for Nissen Denmark, 1960. Dynamic rosewood grain throughout.

Famous and very rare set of three Danish teak nesting tables with a tray top designed by Jens Harald Quistgaard and produced by Nissen from 1960-1969.