Danish Furniture Design in the 20th Century

Arne Karlsen.

Dansk Mobelkunst & Christian Ejlers' Forlag. Bredgade & Postboks 2007. First edition, first printing. 2 volumes. Cloth-bound hardbacks, dust jackets, card slipcase. 226, 332 pages. Profusely illustrated throughout in colour and black-and-white. English. 305 x 220mm. 3kg. 9788772412511. Fine, in fine dust jackets; an excellent set.

One of the most comprehensive studies of Danish furniture of the twentieth-century. The two volumes examine the stylistic and social developments in Danish furniture at the time and provide studies of designers such as Kaare Klint, Mogens Koch, Ole Wanscher, Borge Mogensen, Finn Juhl, Hans J. Wegner and Poul Kjaerholm. There are detailed examination of particular pieces of furniture, with working drawings and photographs of details, intended to inform the student and the connoisseur.