Folding chair, ‘Safari’. Designed in 1932-1933 by Mogens Koch, made in 1960 by Interna Ltd, Copenhagen, Denmark

Beech with flax canvas seat and back. Leather arms, slung from brass rings. Construction joined with brass plate fittings and rings.

Designed by Mogens Koch (Danish, born 1898). Designed in 1932/3. Made 1960 by Interna Ltd, Copenhagen, from original.

Description of V&A object, from Hollis, R. 1970. Modern Chairs:1918-1970. The Whitechapel Art Gallery, London:
"The chair, designed in 1932-33, was not mass-produced until 1960, when the original model was followed without modification. Alternative versions are made in beech with natural oxhide, and in rosewood with black oxhide; in all these it is also offered in a children’s size. The production chair was first shown in the Arts of Denmark exhibition which toured the USA in 1960."

Description of Craftsman from Hollis, R. 1970. Modern Chairs:1918-1970. The Whitechapel Art Gallery, London:
Mogens Koch: Architect. Born 1898. Trained Royal Academy Copenhagen. Proffessor of Architecture, Royal Academy, Copenhagen from 1950; visiting lecturer Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956; Industrial Art Institute, Tokyo 1962. Range of objects designed has included furniture for Rud.Rasmussen workshops, Danish CWS, Interna, etc. fittings, silver and fabrics in connection with restoration of Danish churches; carpets. Work regularly exhibited Milan Triennale; Formes Scandinaves Paris 1958; The Arts of Denmark USA 1960-61; Les Assises Paris 1968; Two Centuries of Danish Design, Victoria & Albert Museum, London 1968. Eckersberg Medal, C.F.Hansens Medal. See: Erik Zahle, Scandinavian Domestic Design London 1968; Arne Karlsen, Axel Thygesen, Om Mogens Koch Arbejder Copenhagen 1964; Axel Thygesen, Tilegnet Mogens Koch…, Copenhagen 1968.

CIRC.326:2-1970