Poul Kjaerholm PK 61 Coffee Table in Steel and Glass E. Kold Christensen Denmark

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About the Item

Coffee Table by Poul Kjaerholm, PK 61 made by E. Kold Christensen, Denmark 1956. Glass & Steel. Very good condition. Poul Kjærholm, one of Scandinavia's most famous furniture designers, chose his own style and did not work primarily with wood, as most of his equally famous contemporaries did in the middle of the 20th century. His main product was steel and in his designs he combined this material with leather, cane, wood and marble. He felt that steel allowed him to make new constructions and that its appearance gave him a more artificial look at his designs. Already in the early 1950s he developed this style and from the mid-50s many of his products were produced by his friend´s company Ejvind K.Christiansen in Hellerup. In the same decade Kjærholm won international recognition at the Paris exhibition "Formes Scandinaves" and also in 1958 he was awarded the very special "Lunning Award" for his legendary chair no. PK-22. In 1957 as well as in 1960 he won the "Grand Prize of the Milan Trienale". He was awarded the Danish "ID Prize" for product design in 1967 and even a professorship in 1976. Some of his designs are part of the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London or the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Poul Kjærholm first completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter in 1948, as many furniture designers at the time did. At the beginning of the 1950s he went to the Danish School of Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen and studied there with Prof. Erik Herløw and Prof. Palle Suenson. While he was already building up a whole range of successful furniture with the furniture manufacturer Christiansen, he began working as a lecturer at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen from 1959. In 1973 he became a leading designer at the institute and a professor from 1976. Equipped with a natural authority, he was able to educate another generation of Danish designers as a successful educator. Poul Kjærholm, born on 8 January 1929 in Øster Vrå North Denmark, had only a relatively short creative period from the mid-1950s until his early death in 1980. His special designs of leather and steel armchairs or tables with stone tops are still very popular today because of their perfect forms of expression. Posthumously, the well-known manufacturer Fritz Hansen took over the production of his designer furniture in 1982 and Kjærholm's son started the same business in 2004.

Creator:
Poul Kjærholm (Designer),E. Kold Christensen (Maker)
Design:
PK 61
Dimensions:
Height: 12.6 in (32 cm)Width: 31.5 in (80 cm)Depth: 31.5 in (80 cm)
Style:
Scandinavian Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Glass,Steel
Place of Origin:
Denmark
Period:
1960-1969
Date of Manufacture:
1960s
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. very good condition with original glass top.
Seller Location:
Frankfurt / Dreieich, DE
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU980811975011