SOLD Mid Century Danish Oak Desk By Arne Vodder For Sibast Vintage Retro MCM

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Mid Century Danish Oak Desk By Arne Vodder For Sibast Vintage Retro MCM

£1,055

A beautiful and restored freestanding oak desk designed by Danish designer Arne Vodder in the 1960s for Sibast.

The desk is made in oak and features two sets of three drawers and open bookcase to the back.

Dimensions
Width - 145cm
Depth - 75cm
Height - 71.5cm

Arne Vodder was a leading light of what might be called the ‘second generation’ of forward-thinking 20th-Century Danish furniture designers who first applied the skills, traditions and philosophical ideas of Danish craftsmanship to a modern furniture idiom. Arne Vodder was born in Denmark in 1926. Trained as a cabinetmaker and architect, he studied under Finn Juhl at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, graduating in 1947. After school, he worked as a designer at Hindsgaul in Copenhagen, focusing primarily on office décor. In 1950, Vodder launched his own architecture and design studio.

Vodder is best known for his simplistic design pieces composed of natural materials such as rosewood, oak and teak, often inspired by the natural forms and grains.

Vodder worked with several respected brands throughout his career, designing cabinetry, tables, seating, and more for furniture makers Fritz Hanson, France & Søn, Nielaus, Sibast, Kircodan (for which he designed garden furniture), as well as the department store Havemanns Magasin A/S (for which he designed the interiors), among others.

His work was well received throughout his lifetime. Between the 1950s and 1970s, Vodder’s furniture designs were used by President Jimmy Carter in the White House and President Anwar Sadat in Cairo, and were also included in the United Nations Office in Geneva, as well as in a number of hotels, banks and embassies worldwide.

Danish furniture manufacturer Sibast began in 1908 when cabinetmaker Peder Olsen Sibast opened a woodworking atelier on Denmark’s island of Funen.

The family-owned company steadily expanded throughout the first half of the 20th century. In 1943, Sibast’s children, Emma, Ole, and Helge, took the reins, and together they carried Sibast to international acclaim. Ole played a big role in selling, for example, to Hilton Hotels and the White House, to name a few. And Helge was the driving force in the design and production side of the business.

In the postwar era, Sibast became one of Denmark’s largest producers of fine wood chairs, tables, and sideboards, celebrated for high quality craftsmanship and modernist silhouettes.

Helge Sibast apprenticed under his father and was responsible for a many of the company’s most successful designs, including No. 7 Chair and No. 8 Chair (both 1953). He also commissioned a number of top Danish designers of the day, like Grete Jalk, to develop Sibast lines. Arne Vodder, in particular, collaborated with Sibast frequently between the 1950s and ‘70s. Notably in 1957, Vodder was awarded first prize at the X Triennale di Milano for his No. 29A Sideboard for Sibast.

Dimensions
Height - 71.5cm
Width - 145cm
Depth - 75cm

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Please note that vintage furniture may have some slight imperfections, which is to be expected in keeping with its age, as we do not offer returns on items sold.