Desk
Designer
Peter Hvidt
Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen
Manufacturer/Maker/Editor
Ludvig Pontoppidan
Origin
Denmark
Year Designed
1959
Design Museum Section
Danish Design Icons
Categories
Desks, Secretaries
Designheroes ID
109534
Auction House
Bonhams
Headquarter
101 New Bond Street, United Kingdom
Condition
pre-owned/vintage
Sale name
Design
Sale Location
101 New Bond Street, United Kingdom
Desk
Brazilian rosewood.
designed 1959
73.5 x 210 x 100 cm
Executed by cabinetmaker for Ludvig Pontoppidan, Copenhagen, Denmark.
The desk drawer unit can be rotated in order to function as a dining table.
CITES license no. 0010814-02
Exhibited
The present design was first exhibited at the 'Copenhagen Cabinetmakers' Guild', Kunstindustrimuseet, Copenhagen, 18 September–4 October, 1959, on Stand 1.
Literature
Grete Jalk, ed., Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar, Volume 4: 1957-1966, Copenhagen, 1987, p. 103
Object
Desk
Designer
Peter Hvidt
Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen
Manufacturer/Maker/Editor
Ludvig Pontoppidan
Origin
Denmark
Year Designed
1959
Design Museum Section
Danish Design Icons
Categories
Desks, Secretaries
Designheroes ID
109534
Auction House
Bonhams
Headquarter
101 New Bond Street, United Kingdom
Condition
pre-owned/vintage
Sale name
Design
Sale Location
101 New Bond Street, United Kingdom
