Vintage Midcentury Danish Jens Risom Teak Glass Bar Cart

Jens Risom emigrated from Europe to the U.S. when he was just 23 years of age. Like other Scandinavian designers such as Josef Frank and Kaare Klint, Risom continued to honour tradition in modern design, combining old and new in highly original ways.
Jens Risom's career has spanned nearly sixty years. He began his study of design in the Copehagen workshop of Kaare Klint in 1935 and joined Ernst Kuhn's architectural office in 1938, where he designed furniture and interiors. In 1939, Risom emigrated to the U.S. and in 1941 designed the first chair manufactured by Knoll. Risom described the chair as "very basic, very simple, inexpensive, easy to make." The chair was constructed with a birch wood frame and, because of wartime materials constraints, cheap but strong army surplus webbing and has inspired countless imitations.

Vintage Midcentury Jens Risom teak, glass bar cart
1950s

Rare and classic version of a Jens Risom Danish bar cart with casters.

Teak with a light grey laminate removable tray on top.
Removable patterned glass on second tier.

Lower shelf: 30" W x 16.25" D.