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| Meaning “typically Danish”,
“Pære Dansk” offers a collection of furniture, lighting
and art which embodies the functionality and aesthetics typical of
Danish Design in the period 1930-1970. Rejecting the grandiose and
traditional, furniture designers and artists took divergent yet complimentary
paths. Furniture design was functionality-led - proportional to the
body and setting - and arrived at stylised minimalism. Art set aside
realism and representation – expressing angst about society
and self - and arrived at abstract expressionism. Taken together,
we have Danish Modern design and art, the mainstay of Pære Dansk. |
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Pære Dansk, being true to its idiomatic meaning,
has a collection of furniture and lighting by the leading and well-recognised
Danish names. These designers generally chose wood to express a
new aesthetic inspired by natural shapes - an ellipse, sail, harp
or antelope. Brazilian rosewood was preferred by craftsman to create
the best furniture in terms of quality and finish. Given the depletion
of “rio-rosewood” today, the coincidence of the peak
of Danish design with the peak in supply of rosewood from Brazil
makes Danish rosewood furniture scarce and collectable. Whilst some
of the Danish designs sold at Paere Dansk are still in production
today, none are still made of Brazilian rosewood. Paere Dansk only
sells vintage furniture designed and made during the period 1940s-1970s. |
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Pære Dansk’s furniture collection
offers not only the typical and well recognised designs but also
one-off or limited productions by independent furniture architects.
Often these pieces use the best hardwoods more generously as their
manufacture was free from the commercial constraints arising from
the need to spread profits across designers and manufacturers Furthermore,
independent architects were craftsmen who not only designed their
pieces but made them as well, allowing a more direct expression
of the architect’s creativity. |
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Pære Dansk’s art collection
is in keeping with the period of its furniture collection, namely
1930 -1970. The artists are all Danish and almost all represented
in Danish museums, large or small. Whilst some the artists represented
at Pære Dansk, such as Wilhelm Freddie, Robert Jacobsen, Knud
Nielsen and Allan Schmidt are known internationally, others are
known best in Denmark.
In an attempt to be true to another Danish tradition, that of social
inclusion, Pære Dansk endeavours to offer exclusive furniture
at inclusive prices. For a better viewing of the pieces on this
website, visit Pære Dansk in Notting Hill at 13 Stratford
Road Kensington, London W8 6RF. Best to appreciate Danish design
and art in the flesh. |
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