OW449 Colonial Coffee Table
The Colonial Series
also includes this classic Coffee Table that Ole Wanscher designed in 1964. The
side table's simple, timeless design supports the Colonial Series' visual
expression and provides a harmonious focal point for the entire series.
Available in oak and
walnut, the coffee table features a square veneer tabletop.
Designed by Ole Wanscher, the Colonial Coffee Table was first
introduced in 1964 and re-introduced by Carl Hansen & Søn in 2015.
About Designer | |
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Ole Wanscher |
Ole Wanscher (1903-1985),
was born in Copenhagen in 1903 and was an architect and professor of
architecture with furniture designs as his specialty. He came to shape Danish
furniture, both as an active designer and as a master teacher. His furniture
designs are now considered to be modern classics - sophisticated and functional
with an exquisite attention to detail. Construction and form was of the utmost importance to Ole Wanscher,
treating furniture design as if it was a branch of architecture. He studied
under Kaare Klint at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and also worked
for the master himself from 1924-1927, before becoming an independent achitect
specializing in furniture design. He later followed in Kaare Klint's footsteps
as a professor at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts with a master in
furniture design. In 1958, the Danish newspaper Politiken wrote the following
about the outstanding quality and spirit of Ole Wanscher'sproducts: 'Owning
a Wanscher-chair is an adventure every day, and will be so even
serveral hundred years from now, for this is how long it lasts.' Ole Wanscher created
his best known products primarily in the period between the late forties
and early sixties. He took great interest in industrially produced high quality
furniture and designed serveral pieces with thiss particular aspect in mind. It
was the familiar philosophy of 'design for everyone'. However, his finest
work was made in close collaboration with reowned master
cabinetmakers. Furthermore, while traveling through Egypt
and Europe, Ole Wanscher studied furniture design. He embraced these impressions,
was inspired by them and and brought to them his very own
sensibility. He also authored several books, including
"The History of the Arts of Furniture" and "Five Thousand
Years of Furniture". Characteristic of Ole Wanscher's design
is a quest for slim dimensions and resilient forms. His chairs often employ
both slender and slightly curved armrests, which rise in an elegant tip before
continuing directly to the floor; as is the case with his well known Colonial Chair. Classic and yet singularly modern at the same time.
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