Helge Vestergaard Jensen (b. Herning 1917, d. Copenhagen 1987)
Rocking chair with Brazilian rosewood frame. Seat and back upholstered with original patinated natural leather. Loose neckrest upholstered with white chamois leather. Designed 1961. This example made approx. 1961 by cabinetmaker Peder Pedersen.
Provenance: The estate of cabinetmaker Peder Pedersen's daughter.
Model presented at The Copenhagen Cabinetmakers' Guild Exhibition at Designmuseum Danmark, 1961.
Literature: Grete Jalk [ed.]. “40 years of Danish Furniture Design”, vol. 4, pp. 170–71 and. pp. 204–205.
Literature: Mobilia no. 75, 1961.
Cabinetmaker Peder Pedersen (1893–1965) is not as widely known as, for example, Rud. Rasmussen or A.J. Iversen, yet he was one of the leading forces at the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers' Guild Exhibitions, where he without interruption between 1931–1964 exhibited furniture of his own design as well as designs by several renowned Danish furniture architects, such as Ole Wanscher, Aksel Bender Madsen and Erik Kolling Andersen. However, it was his long-standing partnership with architect Helge Vestergaard Jensen, which became one of the golden age of Danish design's most iconic collaborations. They first exhibited together in 1955, where they presented the bold and sculptural “Racket” furniture, and their cooperation continued until Peder Pedersen's death in January 1965.
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Condition report on request.
Items that are made of Brazilian rosewood or contain parts of it, require a CITES export permit in order to be exported from Denmark to a country outside The European Union. Buyers residing outside the European Union are required to obtain this permit. More information is available upon request.
Design: Evening sale, 7 March 2018