Peder Moos (b. Nybøl 1906, d. Bredebro, Tønder 1991)
“Museum table”. Rare coffee table of solid Brazilian rosewood with numerous boxwood inlays. Top inlaid with monogram. Mounted on tapering “drumstick” legs. Signed 1968 and where the model was exhibited in Copenhagen, Stockholm and Trondheim. This example made 1968 by cabinetmaker Peder Moos. H. 57 cm. L. 70,5 cm. W. 52,5 cm.
Correspondence between Peder Moos and the previous owner concerning the creation, payment and care of the table is included.
Model presented at The Copenhagen Cabinetmakers' Guild Exhibition at Designmuseum Danmark, 1942. The same model was exhibited at Nationalmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden in 1943 and at Nordenfjelske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim, Norway in 1952.
Literature: Grete Jalk [ed.]: “40 Years of Danish Furniture Design”, vol. 1, ill. pp. 176–177. Literature: “Architectual Review”, November 1948, ill. and mentioned p. 250. Literature: “Mesterværker: 100 års dansk møbelsnedkeri”, model ill. in exhibition appendix p. 20. Literature: “Peder Moos”, Teknologisk Instituts Forlag, 1988, ill. pp. 34–35.
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.
Furniture, lamps & carpets, 29 September 2016