Mid modern scandinavain coffee table in teak model GJ by Grete Jalk106

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Mid modern scandinavain coffee table in teak model  GJ  by Grete Jalk106.

Referenced by the Design Museum Danmark under number RP02874

Year 1959
Condition Excellent. Minor circle trace
Dimensions Height : 42 cm. Length : 120 cm. Width : 49 cm.
Material Teak
Style Classique
Vintage
Origin
Denmark.
Fournisseur Poul Jeppesen

Grete Jalk

Denmark (1920-2006)

After studying philosophy at Copenhagen University and training as a cabinetmaker in the early 1940s, Jalk studied furniture design at the Copenhagen School of Arts and Crafts, and Industrial Design and the Royal Danish Academy of Arts. Best known for her furniture design, including laminated plywood furniture for manufacturer Poul Jeppesen, and tubular steel furniture for manufacturer Fritz Hensen, such as the easy chair of 1964. She also worked in other design media, including textiles, metalware, and wallpaper. One of the major exponents of Danish Modern in the 1950s and 1960s she also wrote about furniture design, including Dansk Møbelkunst (Danish Furniture Art).