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Tove og Edv. Kindt-Larsen
Unique chest of drawers. Striped front and sides veneered
with alternating bands of rosewood and Cuban
mahogany. Top of African Mahogany. Curving
lower edge on body of chest. Legs with tall "shoes"
of brass. Designed 1947. Made in 1947 by Cabinetmaker
Gustav Bertelsen. H. 95. W. 97,5. D. 49,5 cm.
Exhibited: Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild Exhibtion
1947. Museum of Art and Design, Copenhagen Denmark.
Exhibited: "Masterpieces- Danish art of cabinetmaking",
Kronborg, Helsingør, Denmark October-December 2000.
Literature: Grete Jalk [ed.]: "40 Years of Danish Furniture
Design", 1987, vol. 3, ill. p. 8-9.
Literature: Povl Christensen and Håkon Stephensen [ed.]:
“The Craftsmen show the way", 1966, illustrated p. 48.
Literature: Bodil Busk Laursen, Søren Matz and Christian
Holmsted Olesen [ed.]: "Mesterværker - 100 års dansk møbelsnedkeri",
2000, illustrated p. 27.
Literatur: Frederick Sieck [ed.]: "Dansk Møbelkunst", 1990,
ill. p 144.
Provenance: Aquired directly at the exhibition in 1947 by
previous owner, then in private collection until now.
This unique chest of drawers is one of the most iconic,
celebrated and referenced pieces of Danish furniture of all
periods. It has been featured in almost all major referenceworks
on handcrafted Danish modern furniture. It was
first presented at the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild
Exhibtion in 1947. Here is it was received with the following
comment by two contemporary critics: " Year in and year
out, the partnership between the architects Tove and Edvard
Kindt-Larsen and Cabinetmaker Gustav Bertelsen
yields a number of carefully prepared and highly cultured
pieces of furniture, and each time the Kindt-Larsens introduce
a new concept of design. This year, it was a sligthly
rococoish chest of drawers which attracted the most attention"
and : "As a little extra treat the Kindt-Larsens exhibited
a striped chest of drawers made of different kinds of
wood - a very graceful affair...".
DKK 250.000-300.000 / € 34.000-40.000
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