Mogens Koch (b. Frederiksberg 1898, d. Copenhagen 1992)
A unique Brazilian rosewood chest of drawers, front with fold-down writing leaf and two doors below. Interior with noumerous drawers in five different sizes. Fittings and handles of brass. Made 1937 by cabinetmaker N.C. Jensen Kjær. H. 139.7 cm. W. 129.5 cm. D. 50/68.5 cm.
Provenance: Made on special order in 1937 for merchant Hans Chr. Holm, Copenhagen. Copy of the original file card and correspondance about the furniture (from Mogens Koch a.o.) included. Only this example of the wider model with a total of 45 drawers and doors at the lower part of the piece was made made. This unique piece is a variant of an earlier model and with 29 drawers and no doors below that was made in two examples in oak and Cuban mahogany.
These filing cabinets by Mogens Koch must be counted as among the finest pieces of handcrafted Danish furniture of the 20th. Century.
Bruun Rasmussen thanks Mogens Koch Design for correct documentation for the piece.
Modelvariant of the more narrow model presented at The Copenhagen Cabinetmakers' Guild Exhibition at Designmuseum Danmark, 1935. Literature: Grete Jalk [ed.]: “40 Years of Danish Furniture Design”, vol. 1, ill. p. 223.
Condition report on request. Please contact: design@bruun-rasmussen.dk
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.
Design, 5 March 2020