Helge Vestergaard Jensen (b. Herning 1917, d. Copenhagen 1987)
Set of six Brazilian rosewood chairs. Seat and lower stretcher in back upholstered with patinated black leather. Designed 1959. These examples made 1960s by cabinetmaker Søren Horn, stamped by maker. (6)
Provenance: The estate of cabinetmaker Peder Pedersen's daughter.
Model presented at The Copenhagen Cabinetmakers' Guild Exhibition at Designmuseum Danmark, 1959.
Literature: Grete Jalk [ed]: “40 Years of Danish Furniture Design”, vol. 4, pp. 96–97.
Literature: Mobilia no. 51–52, Oct.-Nov. 1959.
Ever since Helge Vestergaard Jensen first presented at The Copenhagen Cabinetmakers' Guild Exhibition in 1954, the sculptural, Y-shaped leg has reoccured in many of his most popular table designs. The present dining table was thus well received when presented at The Guild Exhibition in 1958. Hans Lassen wrote in his review that the table “was very elegant; there was no visible rail and the top merged with the forked upper part of the legs”. Vestergaard developed his own unique sense of the aesthetics and possibilities of the wooden furniture. He was experimental and not afraid to be unconventional as seen with the 1955 “Racket” furniture, but also widely praised and respected for his less daring but no less artistic and harmonious dining room furniture designs.
CITES-certificate valid for transport and re-sale within the European Union included.
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