Incredibly beautiful vanity rosewood table with a folding three-panel mirror. Designed by Kai Kristiansen, this is Model no. 40 made for Illums Bolighus, - Denmark's iconic department store. Produced in the 1960s by Aksel Kjersgaard, crafted from richly figured rosewood as part of Kristiansen’s “Entre” series. One deep drawer, two shallow drawers. This exotic wood finish is absolutely fantastic.
45¼ h × 46⅜ w × 17 d in
Very good restored condition. Refinished wood shows minimal wear; interior panels have minor fill and touch-up. Light finish loss to the top and a small veneer repair near a mirror upright. Mirrors show minor circular discoloration on the outer panels. Subject to CITES regulations. Requires contact for purchase - please message me for shipping prices.
Kai Kristiansen (b. 1929 & still going!): Trained as a cabinetmaker and later at the Royal Danish Academy under Kaare Klint, he absorbed that very Danish rigor around proportion and function, but brought his own softness to it. There is an intelligence to his work that never feels overplayed. By the 1950s and ’60s, his collaborations with makers like Aksel Kjersgaard produced some of the most enduring pieces of the era, all executed with an almost obsessive attention to detail. His work sits squarely within Scandinavian modernism, but what keeps it relevant is how livable it still feels: thoughtful, unfussy, and beautiful.
