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MK10040 / MK10041
Enjoy the honest craftsmanship in this series with its sculpted curves and
visible materials revealing Koch’s intelligent design philosophy.
Koch developed a striking construction for the pair of
designs, loosely placing the upholstered section on a
visible, solid wood frame, with the top row holding the seat
securely in place.
A believer in honest design, Koch disliked legs that
seemingly appeared out of nowhere, seeing this as cheating.
He similarly disapproved of using upholstery to hide cheap
wood and felt that every design’s construction should be
of high quality throughout.
The exposed frame structure exemplifies the Danish
functionalists’ idiom of separating the bearing and borne
parts – or the frame from the seat – to highlight the beauty
of the natural materials and make the construction a design
feature in and of itself.
MK10040 LOUNGE CHAIR
SEAT + BACK Sif 90 leather FRAME Walnut, oil
MK10041 SOFA
SEAT + BACK Sif 90 leather FRAME Walnut, oil
NUP007 BOTANICA KIRI
RUG Green, gray
Mogens Koch designed the low, elegant Easy Chair 51 and Model 52 sofa and for the
1936 Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild Exhibition as a set of fireside furniture.
