Arne Hovmand Olsen Oak Sideboard for Mogens Kold, Denmark Circa 1960

Arne Hovmand Olsen Oak Sideboard for Mogens Kold Møbelfabrik, Denmark Circa 1960

Magnificent mid century long and sleek credenza by Arne Hovmand Olsen for Mogens Kold Møbelfabrik, Denmark Circa 1960, this stunning extra long Oak sideboard featuring clean minimalist lines, the rectangular lip ended top over four arching doors with book-matched grain patterns and recessed elliptical handles, three shelves and four green baize lined drawers within, raised on six square legs with glides, the sideboard has a finished tOak back and can be used as a room divider,  makers stamp to the base, reserve now.

About the Creator: Arne Hovmand-Olsen
Danish furniture designer Arne Hovmand-Olsen was born in Kirkeby Sogn in 1919. During his formative years, Hovmand-Olsen showed an aptitude for drawing and design and, in 1938, began a cabinetry apprenticeship with the cabinetmaker Peder Olsen Sibast at his eponymous furniture manufactory on Denmark’s island of Funen. Interested in producing his own designs, Hovmand-Olsen enrolled in a technical school specialising in furniture design in Århus in 1941. After graduating, he established his own furniture studio, creating designs in the Scandinavian modern style. His furniture was sold only in Denmark but later found great success when it began to be exported to America.

Hovmand-Olsen’s designs span seating, tables, and secretaries, all of which are characteristically simple in form with clean lines, organic curves, and tapered legs. Like many of his Danish contemporaries, he favored the use of high-quality, beautifully grained woods like teak and rosewood. Notable designs include his Model 175 Chair (1955)—which is often mistaken for N.O. Møller’s Model 77 Chair due to their similar forms—and the Model 240 Lounge Chair for Mogens Kold (1958).

Hovmand-Olsen worked steadily designing furniture for companies such as Alf Juul Rasmussen, A. R. Klingenberg & Søn, Bramin, Elven Geertsen, J.L. Møller, Jutex, Mogens Kold Møbelfabrik, P. Mikklesen, Pedersen & Knap, and Skovmand & Andersen. Sometime in the 1970s, he was forced to close his studio due to illness.

Hovmand-Olsen passed away in 1989.

Summary:
Mid Century
Danish
Arne Hovmand Olsen
Mogens Kold
Sideboard / Credenza
Four door
Oak
Extra Long
Makers
Circa 1960s
Practical & Beautiful
Investment