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Grete Jalk, Midcentury Rosewood table P Jeppesens Denmark
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Elegant massive rosewood table by female designer Grete Jalk. Produced in the 1960’s by cabinetmaker Poul Jeppessens. We have 4 chairs with backrest and seats in black leather available to match the table. 8 more chairs with leather seats and rosewood backrest. Please ask for more pictures.
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Grete Juel Jalk est née à Copenhague. Après avoir été diplômée de l'école secondaire, section langues et philosophie, elle a étudié à l'École de design pour femmes (de 1940 à 1943) avec l’ ébéniste Karen Margrethe Conradsen. Elle a terminé ses études à la Danish Design School en 1946, et a également suivi un enseignement avec Kaare Klint à l'Académie royale des beaux-arts du Danemark.
Elle a pris part aux compétitions annuelles du Musée du Design et du département mobilier de la Design School, où elle a également enseigné de 1950 à 1960.
En 1953, Jalk ouvre son propre studio de design. Inspirée par le mobilier stratifié, courbé, contreplaqué de Alvar Aalto et les créations en contreplaqué moulé de Charles Eames, elle commence à développer ses propres modèles tout en courbes. L’intérêt pour ces modèles non conventionnels a progressé lentement. En 1963, le journal anglais The Daily Mirror lance un concours pour la création d’une chaise pour un Homme et d’une chaise pour une femme. Jalk a remporté le premier prix avec deux fauteuils laminés différents, la chaise Il et la chaise Elle.
À côté de ces expériences plutôt avancées, Jalk a développé de nombreux meubles plus simples pour les fabricants, y compris un haut bureau et tabouret, un ensemble d'étagères en pin d'Oregon et une série de chaises avec des sièges et dos tapissés sur une base en acier incurvée. Ces meubles fabriqués industriellement, offraient des lignes confortables et claires. Ces pièces étaient particulièrement bien adaptées pour les calendriers de production rapides, simples et économiques. Ils ont contribué à donner au Danemark une réputation internationale dans le domaine de la conception de meubles. Des entreprises américaines et finlandaises ont fabriqué certaines de ses lignes destinées à l’Habitat moderne parmi lesquelles un système mural de rangement (1961), une salle de séjour avec une table basse (1962), un système avec des compartiments pour abriter stéréo, télévision, disques, cassettes et haut-parleurs (1963).
- Creator:Grete Jalk (Designer),Poul Jeppesens Møbelfabrik (Cabinetmaker)
- Dimensions:Height: 28.35 in (72 cm)Diameter: 53.55 in (136 cm)
- Style:Scandinavian Modern (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1960
- Condition:Refinished. Wear consistent with age and use. Minor fading. Refinished but some slight traces of use on top.
- Seller Location:Forest, BE
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU8186234836972
Grete Jalk
What would the reputation of mid-century Danish furniture be without legendary female designer Grete Jalk? A pioneer of Scandinavian modernism, Jalk sought to craft furniture that was both cost-efficient and high in quality, each piece made for the evolving interiors and design sensibilities of the day. She continues to be celebrated for her sleek and minimal armchairs, lounge chairs, coffee tables and more.
Jalk was born in 1920 in Copenhagen. She studied at the Drawing and Applied Art School for Women before enrolling at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, where famed designer Kaare Klint was among her instructors. Jalk completed her studies in 1946 and began a cabinetmaker apprenticeship. That same year, she won an award at the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild competition. Jalk also participated in the 1951 Milan Triennial exhibition, where her designs earned more acclaim and attention.
In 1954, Jalk opened her own design studio and began working with major Danish furniture manufacturers like Fritz Hansen and Glostrup Møbelfabrik. She found inspiration in plywood experiments carried out by Alvar Aalto and Ray and Charles Eames, and she quickly became known for her pared-back, expressive designs, which touted fluid forms and were made of alluring woods such as teak and rosewood.
Jalk’s best-known work is the 1963 GJ chair, a collaboration with cabinetmaker Poul Jeppesen that won first place in the Daily Mail International Furniture Competition. Made of two pieces of molded teak plywood, the sculptural GJ lounge chair is part of the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
While creating her iconic furniture designs, Jalk wore many other hats. She taught at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and served as an editor of the Danish design magazine Mobilia from 1956–62 and 1968–74. In 1974, Jalk curated a traveling design exhibition for the Danish Foreign Ministry and was named a member of the Danish Design Council in 1981. She was also the editor of 40 Years of Danish Furniture Design: The Copenhagen Cabinet-makers' Guild Exhibitions 1927–1966, published in 1987.
Jalk passed away in 2006 at the age of 86. In 2008, Danish furniture manufacturer Lange Production was granted exclusive rights to reproduce the GJ chair, a design as fresh and original today as ever.
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