Fritz Hansen - PK71 Side Tables

 

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The PK71 side tables set is comprised of three nesting tables that can be stored underneath one another. The tables and their continued, three-dimensional form represent the first time Kjærholm used the square in all three dimensions of his work. They can be seen as the precursor of his larger and more complex tables.

The toy-like character of the small and abstract tables makes them very dynamic and invites you to move them around. Kjærholm often stacked the naked frames as sculptural symbols to illustrate the elemental quality of his other work.

The design of the PK71 side tables from Poul Kjaerholm was coined in the year 1957. Today the tables hare produced by Fritz Hansen and are included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

The tops are made of either black, white, umbra-green or red acrylic and the square base is in satin-brushed stainless steel.

Design: Poul Kjærholm

The Danish designer Designer Poul Kjærholm was born in 1929. As a learned cabnit maker did he study at the Applied Arts School in Copenhagen. Designer Poul Kjærholm