Nanna Ditzel

Illums Bolighus: Center of Modern Design, product catalogue, Copenhagen, n.d., n.p.

Overall very good condition. Scattered dents running along of the back panel of the desk. Two indentations have pierced through the veneer. Small circular dent to the top surface near the back of the desk, approximately 1 cm diameter. Light scratched throughout the surface top. Gentle fading throughout. Minor scratch to the front left proper drawer, approximately 4 cm long.
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Crowned with the title ‘Queen of Danish design’, Nanna Ditzel dared to experiment with a wide array of materials which permitted her to push the forms of her designs over the years working with woods, wicker, fibreglass, silver and a combination of these. Ditzel was already well versed in Danish cabinetmaking from a young age, having studied under master architect and designer Kaare Klint at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen from 1944 onwards. Klint’s rationalist designs can be felt in the design of the present lot whilst displaying Ditzel’s own personal approach.