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Carl Hansen & Søn is presenting Børge Mogensen's elegant Hunting Table, adding the renowned furniture designer to its portfolio of major Danish designers.
Originally designed for a masculine environment such as a hunting cabin, Børge Mogensen's Hunting Table radiates an inviting, organic elegance. The Hunting Table, with model number BM1160, is available in oak, walnut, and a combination of these wood types, with various finishes. The diagonal brace bars are available in either stainless steel or brass.
Børge Mogensen is known as one of the great and influential furniture designers from the period known today as the Golden Age of Danish Design. As a student of Kaare Klint, Mogensen picked up the baton for the expression of functionalist style. One of the many examples of Mogensen's practical approach to design is his Hunting Table from 1950: a design that exemplifies Mogensen's era while remaining relevant and contemporary today.
Dimensions W210 x P81.5 x H72 cm
Table top plywood with solid wood edges Thickness 2.8 cm
Base solid wood Cross bars stainless steel or brass
Hunting Table BM1160
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oiled oak + brass
oiled oak + stainless steel
oiled walnut + brass
oiled walnut + stainless steel
oiled oak + stainless steel
oiled walnut + stainless steel
oiled oak + brass
oiled walnut + brass
Børge Mogensen
Børge Mogensen’s (1914-1972) creative process produced long-lasting pieces with humans at the center. He became a highly influential post-war designer and a leading representative of Danish Modern.
Mogensen’s democratic design included simple and functional wooden furniture for both private and public spaces, with calm aesthetics and strong construction from quality materials. He believed in visual clarity and minimal decoration or experimentation, as seen in his classic Hunting Table and Deck Chair Set.
As a student at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Mogensen was inspired by Kaare Klint’s use of human proportions with visual calm and functionalism. Mogensen, however, also placed emphasis on informal interior décor and the use of modern production facilities.
Mogensen completed his cabinetmaker training in 1934, followed by studies in furniture design. During this period he worked in the studios of Klint and Mogens Koch until he was hired as chief designer for the Danish furniture cooperative FDB in 1942, where he pioneered democratic design.
He began his own design studio in 1950, making modern, useful furniture produced from local, Nordic materials. His inspiration, however came from many cultures and styles, including international modernism, ethnic arts, Japanese carvings, and historic works.
Mogensen also taught furniture design and participated in exhibitions and competitions, such as the 1948, international
Competition for Low-Cost Furniture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which he entered together with his friend Hans J. Wegner.
He was awarded the Eckersberg Medal in 1950 and won the Danish Furniture Prize in 1971. In 1972 he was awarded the C.F. Hansen Medal and appointed Honorary Royal Designer for Industry at the Royal Society of Arts in London.
