Børge Mogensen, Tage Kristensen, Teak Coffee Table with Steel Legs

This design was manufactured by Fredericia for only a brief period making it relatively rare. The construction exhibits classic Mogensen characteristics. Notably, the sled style legs...

A rare pair of sofas/daybeds designed by Børge Mogensen for Fredericia A/S. Originally designed in a larger version for Erhard Rasmussen, this awesome sofa set is truly unique. It is...

An oak sofa by Hans Wegner for AP Stolen. AP Stolen manufactured most of Wegner's fully upholstered pieces of cabinet maker quality such as his famous Papa Bear chair. This is one of...

A mahogany sofa by Grete Jalk for Johannes Hansen. As far as we know, this is the only design Jalk created for Johannes Hansen. It is a linear and minimalist box style sofa that enve...

Very rare coffee table designed by Frode Holm. Produced by Illums Bolighus in Denmark.

Erik Herløw for Nordiska Kompaniet (NK), center square coffee table, teak, lacquered metal, Sweden, 1960s. Center square coffee table designed by famed Danish designer Erik Herløw (...

This coffee table is a beautiful example of Danish design from the 1960s, crafted from teak wood. It combines functionality with aesthetics and exudes a timeless elegance that fits ...

Shaker table model 5267 for Danish Furniture makers in Fredericia, Denmark. Among the great mid-20th century Danish furniture designers, Børge Mogensen distinguished himself with his faith to traditional values of craftsmanship and honesty of materials. While peers such as Hans Wegner, Finn Juhl and Arne Jacobsen designed some of the most striking and now iconic furnishings of the era, Mogensen focused on making pieces that were simple, durable and comfortable — and in the long run perhaps more useful and better loved. Mogensen studied under and later worked for Kaare Klint, a master cabinetmaker whose chief tenets were quality of construction and simplicity of line. Klint was a classicist, who believed that furniture forms should evolve from those of historical models. So, too, in his way was Mogensen, as two of his best-known earlier pieces attest. His 1945 Spokeback Sofa, with hinged arms that can be lowered to facilitate lounging, is a reinterpretation of the venerable Knole settee. With the oval silhouette of its plywood backrest and waterdrop-shaped cutouts, Mogenson’s Shell chair, designed in 1949, can be seen as a novel take on early 19th century Empire side chairs. Yet Mogensen shared the aesthetical sensibilities of his most forward-looking colleagues. His cabinets deploy the same spare geometries and lushly figured woods as those of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and his disciple Florence Knoll, the chief difference being that Mies and Knoll used...