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Modern Danish Industrial Art

produced by the Art Handicraft Association and The Permanent Exposition of Danish Art Handicraft and Industrial Art for the New York 1939 World's Fair. 1939. 69 pages. Small booklet filled with black and white photographs of Danish design: ceramics, silverware, furniture, etc.

Cost: $50 + shipping.



Following is a list of photographs in the book:

Venus with the Apple, by Kai Nielsen, white glazed porcelain, 36 cm. Girl with Sheep, by Axel Locher, underglazed painted porcelain, 25 cm. (Bing & Grondahl, The National Factory of Porcelain, Copenhagen) Vase by Ricard Bocher, picturing one of the most extraordinary landscape sceneries in Denmark, ³Mons Klint,² with the green vegetation on white chalk ground. Liselund Dinner, Coffee and Tea Sets by Thorkild Olsen. A set of 12 different Plates, 25 cm. in diameter, decorated in black silhouette work with scenes from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales. (The Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory) Woman's Head by Bornholm Ceramic. (Michael Andersen & Son) Stoneware, two vases and a figure modelled by G. Kudielka. (L. Hjorth's Terra Cotta Factory, Ronne, Bornholm) Saxbo Stoneware, Vase designed by Eva Wilhjelm and Erik Rahr. (Saxbo) Glass designed by architect Jacob E. Bang. (Holmegaard's Glass Works Ltd., Copenhagen) P. H. Lamps designed by architect Poul Henningsen. (Louis Poulsen & Co., Copenhagen) Silver, Pewter and Bronze Articles designed by Just Andersen. (Just Andersen, Copenhagen) Patinated Bronze Articles (Argentor, Copenhagen) Table Silver and Hollowware in Silver designed by H. P. Jacobsen. Electroplated Hollowware and Table Silver designed by H. P. Jacobsen. (Carl M. Cohr) Cocktail Shaker, Cigarette Lighter, Tea Pot, Sugar Bowl and Cream Jug designed by Svend Weibrauch. (Franz Hingleberg, Aarhus) Patinated Bronze Articles and Bronzes inlaid with Silver (Evan Jensen, Copenhagen) Candlestick by Georg Jensen, Jug by Johan Rohde, Bonbonniere by Harald Nielsen. Candlestick and Salad Set by Harald Nielsen. Cup by Harald Nielsen, Dish by Sigvard Bernadotte, Cigarette Box by Jorgen Jensen. (Georg Jensen Handmade Silver Inc.) Silver Jug designed by architect Professor Kay Fisker, Silver Fruit Dish designed by Arne Bang, sculptor. (A. Michelsen, Royal Court and Insignia Jewellers) Punch Bowl in Silver to H.M. The King of Denmark, a gift from the Danish people. (Evald Nielsen, Copenhagen) Hand-woven Carpet designed by architect Ernst Kuhn. (Askovhus Studio and Workshop) Hand-woven Danish Smyrna Carpet designed by architect Helweg Moller. (Margrete Jensen, Weaver, Fruens Boge, Odense) Hand-woven Upholstery Stuffs of Wool and Flax (Marie Moos, Weaver, Copenhagen) Shoes by Mr. Werner Sorensen. (Peter Sorensen Skotoj, Copenhagen) BO Arm Chairs fitted with Knoll Springs, and Sofa Table. (BO, Copenhagen) Bent-wood Furniture, Metal Furniture, and Furniture of Danish Beech and Elm in simple, decorative form. (Fritz Hansens, Copenhagen) Wicker Armchair (E. V. A. Nissen & Co., Copenhagen) Tiled Wall in the League of Nations Building at Geneva designed by sculptor O. Staehr-Nielsen. (Jacob Petersen, Copenhagen) Settings of the Permanent Exhibition of Applied Arts and Handicrafts at Vesterport. (The Permanent Exhibition of Danish Art Handicraft and Applied Art) September, 1938 cover of ³The New Periodical of Applied Art² (The Art Handicraft Association, Copenhagen)