Safari
Chair
1960 (made), 1932-33 (designed)
1960 (made), 1932-33 (designed)
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Beech with flax canvas seat and back. Leather arms, slung from brass rings. Construction joined with brass plate fittings and rings.
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Title | Safari (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Beech; flax canvas seat and back; leather arms; brass rings, plate fittings. |
Brief description | Folding chair, ‘Safari’. Designed in 1932-1933 by Mogens Koch, made in 1960 by Interna Ltd, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Physical description | Beech with flax canvas seat and back. Leather arms, slung from brass rings. Construction joined with brass plate fittings and rings. |
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Object history | 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. |
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Accession number | CIRC.326:2-1970 |
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Record created | December 17, 2008 |
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