• manufacturer/type:
Fritz Hansen
• designer, year:
Arne Jacobsen, ±1959 (production date 1966)
• material:
rosewood top on casted aluminium base
• measurements:
110cm width, 45cm height
• condition:
Beautiful original condition, with usermarks consisting with age on base.
Beautiful top, beautiful piece!
• background:
designed by the international acclaimed architect Arne Jacobsen comes this rare low table. Timeless and exquisite piece of design.
• literature:
None found so far
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M354: rare Fritz Hansen low table, designed by Arne Jacobsen ±1959
© Salonfähig, 2013
Arne Jacobsen (1902-71), architect and designer. Educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture in Copenhagen, professor at the Academy (1956-65).
As a designer, Jacobsen made prototypes for furniture, textiles, wallpaper, silverware etc. Among his most famous designs are The Ant (designed for Novo Nordisk canteen) (1952), Series 7 (1955), The Egg and The Swan (designed for the SAS Royal Hotel ) 1958, and the tableware Cylinda-Line (1967).
Among his most famous works as an architect are the apartment blocks Bellavista in Klampenborg (1933-34), Bellevue Theatre (1935-36), Århus Town Hall (in co-operation with Erik Møller) (1939-42), Søllerød Town Hall (in co-operation with Flemming Lassen) (1940-42), Søholm semi-detached houses in Klampenborg (1950-54), Rødovre Town Hall (1957), Glostrup Town Hall (1958),The Munkegård School in Copenhagen (1955-59), SAS Royal Hotel Copenhagen (1958-1960), Toms Chocolate Factories in Ballerup (1961), Danmarks Nationalbank (started in 1965), Saint Catherine’s College in Oxford (1964-66).
Jacobsen also designed a project for the lobby of Hannover Concert Hall (1964-66), Castrop Rauxel mall (1965), Christaneum Grammar School in Hamburg (1965), Administration building for the Hamburg power station (in co-operation with Otto Weitling) (1965). source: www.arne-jacobsen.com
