Kaare Klint (b. Frederiksberg 1888, d. Copenhagen 1954)
“Card Tables For a Lady”. Mahogany furniture set consisting of a square table with triangular fold-out leaves and a set of four chairs with diagonal frame. Back with vertical bars, seat with woven cane. Model 7214 and 7215. Designed 1946. These examples made 1966 by Rud. Rasmussen Cabinetmakers, with maker's paper label. H. 67 cm. W./L. 61/87 cm. (5)
Label indistinctly numbered. Copy of the original receipt included.
Model presented at the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers' Guild Exhibition at Designmuseum Danmark, 1946.
“... Professor Kaare Klint's Interior with Card Tables for A Lady, Perfect in terms of craftmanship, notice the table top which consists of three layers of solid wood that have been glued together with the grains running at right angles to each other....”
Literature: Grete Jalk [ed.]: “40 years of Danish Furniture Design”, vol. 2, ill. and mentioned pp. 312–313.
Literature: Gorm Harkær, Klintiana: “Kaare Klint”, ill. and mentioned in vol. 1, pp. 376–379 and vol. 2, p. 56 and 82.
Condition report on request.
Furniture, lamps & carpets, 8 June 2017