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ML10097 EGYPTIAN TABLE
TABLETOP + FRAME Oak, oil
ML10097
EGYPTIAN TABLE
The beauty and organic lines of this functional coffee table do justice
to its complex origin of intricate study and foreign lands.
The elegant table easily collapses for storage with the
release of a small brass sliding latch beneath the tabletop
– a flexible design that exemplifies the functionalism
inherent in classic furniture types.
For Lassen and his contemporaries, function was
paramount. Their approach – strongly influenced by
Kaare Klint – often began with the careful study and
refinement of long-existing archetypes such as safari-style
knockdown chairs, British Windsor and Chippendale chairs,
and flexible, practical tables like the Egyptian Table.
These clear, proven furniture types appealed to mid-century
design and architecture visionaries, upholding their core belief
that intelligent, purposeful design never goes out of style.
Mogens Lassen first exhibited this round coffee table, inspired by folding stands found
in Tutankhamen’s tomb in 1922, at the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild Exhibition
in 1940.
