A ROSEWOOD SIDEBOARD by Henry Rosengran-Hanse... Lot n° 9

A SUPERB ROSEWOOD SIDEBOARD, DANISH c.1960, by Henry Rosengren-Hansen, for Brande Mobelindustri, with four sliding doors, each with turned handles, revealing central drawers, bearing the makers label. Back panel also in rosewood. 210cm (w) x 80cm (h) x 52cm (d) The golden age of Danish design reigned from the 1940s through to the 1960s when designers such as Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen came to the fore, but functionalism and simplicity remained at the heart of the Danish aesthetic, working under the slogan “form follows function”. Today its popularity is because it is a style that works in both traditional and contemporary spaces. Primarily it has endured because it is design with purpose. After studying at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Henry Rosengren-Hansen began his career working for the design firm FDB (Forbrugernes Samvirke). In the 1940’s, he founded his own design company, called HRH (Henry Rosengren Hansen). Here, he created several modernist furniture pieces, characterized by clean, functional lines. His creations were widely distributed in the 1950s and 1960s, notably through collaborations with furniture manufacturers such as Fritz Hansen. His creations have been exhibited in museums around the world, including New York's MoMA and London's Victoria and Albert Museum.