Johan Rohde - Important Nordic Design London Wednesday, November 16, 2011 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Commissioned by Dr. Hugo Halberstadt, Denmark

  • Literature

    Mirjam Gelfer-Jørgensen and Kirsten Lading Bidsted et al., Herculanum paa Sjælland: klassicisme og nyantik i dansk møbiltradition, Copenhagen 1988, p. 293, fig. 267 for a similar example; Gertrud Oelsner and Gertrud Hvidberg-Hansen, Johan Rohde 1856-1935: ars una : sølo, møbler, bogkunst, malerei, Odense, 2006, p. 116, fig. 45 for the interior of Dr. Hugo Halberstadt

  • Catalogue Essay

    Trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, Johan Rohde was an artist whose wide ranging interests included architecture, painting, and graphic design. Rohde joined silversmith Georg Jensen’s workshop in 1906, shortly after it opened at 36 Bredgade in Copenhagen. Prior to his work for Jensen, Rohde designed restrained furniture for special commissions. The scrolling side rails of the present console are reminiscent of the foliate finials surmounting Rohde’s famous ‘Acorn’ pattern flatware, designed for Jensen in 1915.

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Console, for the interior of Dr. Hugo Halberstadt, Denmark

1900-05
Produced by Master Cabinetmakers H.P. and L. Larsen , Denmark. Carved and shaped lemonwood, lemonwood-veneered wood, ebony inlay, brass escutcheon and key.
84 x 133.5 x 52.7 cm (33 1/8 x 52 1/2 x 20 3/4 in)

Estimate
£20,000 - 30,000 

Important Nordic Design

17 November 2011
London