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The Art Collectors's Table | Finn Juhl | 1948

Finn Juhl designed the table for his and Niels Vodder’s stand at the 1948 Cabinetmakers’ Guild Exhibition at the Danish Museum of Art & Design, which they named An Art Collector's Study. The table’s distinctive design features a split tabletop that unfolds to reveal a glass case, evoking the feeling of a treasure chamber. This unique function, combined with the exhibition’s theme, led to its name—the Art Collector’s Table. The table is produced in walnut, with a solid frame and edges. The tabletop is veneered, so that one can experience the grain of the tree in an unbroken fashion. The glass case is fitted into a separate compartment, which is also made from walnut and is removable.

Wood Type

Walnut

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Product details

Design:

Finn Juhl

Year:

1948, relaunched in 2018

Materials:

Walnut, glass, brass

Model and Dimensions:

FJ 4805
L: 62/124 cm unfolded | W: 46 cm | H: 60 cm

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Product details

Design:

Finn Juhl

Year:

1948, relaunched in 2018

Materials:

Walnut, glass, brass

Model and Dimensions:

FJ 4805
L: 62/124 cm unfolded | W: 46 cm | H: 60 cm

About the Art Collectors's Table

The Hidden Treasure Chamber

Finn Juhl designed the table for his and Niels Vodder's stand at the Cabinetmakers' Guild Exhibition at the Danish Museum of Art & Design in 1948. Named An Art Collector's Study, the exhibition gave rise to the table’s modern name—the Art Collector’s Table.

Although the table appeared in Finn Juhl’s watercolors, which illustrated the exhibition’s composition, as well as in detailed sketches exploring its shape, it is absent from any known photographs of the 1948 exhibition. The reason why it was never put into production remains uncertain. However, a plausible explanation is that the table’s intricate design proved too complex and time-consuming for master joiner Niels Vodder to produce at the time.

Even today, manufacturing the table is an advanced process, requiring extreme precision and tight tolerances to uphold the integrity of its design.

The Art Collector's Table in walnut with the tabletop half open.

Art Collectors's Table

Unfolding the Hidden Details

In its closed form, The Art Collector’s Table presents itself with a simple, graphical expression, but it contains a very special hidden feature. Upon closer inspection, the richness of detail unfolds before your eyes; The split tabletop can be unfolded, revealing a glass case - a treasure chamber for the collector's most valuable objects. While the table is unfolded the leaves still function as two separate tabletops on which one can place a cup of coffee, while admiring the objects on display in the glass cover.

The table is produced in American black walnut, with a solid frame and edges. The tabletop is veneered, so that one can experience the grain of the tree in an unbroken fashion. The glass case is fitted into a separate case, which is also made from walnut and is removable.

The Art Collector's Table in walnut with the tabletop half open.

Detail of the Art Collector's Table in walnut with the tabletop half open.

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Finn Juhl's original watercolour depicting the table from 1948. Photo credit: Pernille Klemp, Designmuseum Danmark

THE PROCESS BEHIND THE COLLECTION

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