MODERNE DANSK KUNSTHAANDVÆRK
Mogens Koch
Mogens Koch: MODERNE DANSK KUNSTHAANDVÆRK [Modern Danish Crafts]. København: Thaning & Appel, 1948. First edition. Text in Danish. Quarto. Plain thick wrappers with photo illustrtaed dust jacket attached as issued. 36 illustrated examples. 3 color plates. Textblock roughly trimmed as issued. Privated ex libris inkstamp to front free endpaper. Light wear overall. A very good to nearly fine copy.
6.25 x 8.5 softcover book with illustrated profiles of 36 examples of Modern Danish Crafts. Includes [circa 1948] contemporary examples of painting, furniture, silver, jewelry, porcelain, ceramics, glass, weaving, fabric, embroidery, lighting, and toys.
Features beautiful reproductions of painting by Dagmar Starcke; Furniture by Kaare Klint, Børge Mogensen, Finn Juhl, Hans Wegner, O. Mølgaard Nielsen & Peter Hvidt, Peter Moos; Silver by Kay Bojensen, Kay Fisker, Inger Møller; Jewelry by Ingeborg Mølsted; Porcelain by Den Kongelige Porcellainsfabrik, Bing & Grøndahl; Ceramics by Axel Salto, Nathalie Krebs, Gertrud Vasegaard; Glass by Holmegaards Glasværk, Jacob Bang; Weaving by Gerda Henning, Lis Ahlmann, Ea Koch, Marie Gudme Leth; Fabric by Helga Foght, Gerda Bengtsson, Bjørn Wiinblad; Embroidery by Tonder Knipling, Gurli Haase; Lighting by Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulssen, Kaare Klint; a Straw Basket by Dansk Husflidsselskab; and Toys by Kay Bojensens Legetøj and Bengt Koch.
Author Mogens Koch (1898 – 1992) was a Danish architect and furniture designer and, from 1950 to 1968, a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He was married to the weaver Ea Koch. He attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, and between 1925 and 1932 worked for Carl Petersen, Ivar Bentsen and Kaare Klint, where he was trained in the Danish functional tradition. As a furniture designer Mogens Koch is known for the Folding Chair (1932), the Wing Chair No. 50 and the Armchair No. 51 in mahogony and leather (1936) and the Book Case (1928).