funny you should mention that..
I found the marks accidentally when I had taken the drawers out to clean the cabinets. When I tried just putting them in, they didn't look quite perfect. That's when I saw the V on the backs and figured it was to identify the order they should be installed. Put them in order and had a perfect fit! Thanks much!
do you know of any place the model
numbers may have been recorded to show when they were produced,etc? I have the history of when, where and who purchased the pieces originally, as I bought them from the daughter. I would like to know how the numbering system worked when Arne Vodder designed a piece. Any idea?
Just two words...
to confirm Simon's observation on the large V-mark on the drawers. He explained already the function. They are called "pairing marks" and every skilled cabinetmaker uses them. Sometimes you see additional numbers but that is not needed. They are put on when the drawers are not even mounted. The wooden pieces are lined up to match (as Simon pointed out) and with a pencil you mark them. If you make two or more sets of drawers at the same time you double or even triple the lines.
Thank you, Koen
Thank you for the additional information. Perhaps you know about the numbering that is stamped in the sideboard No.8-- and No.13 in the matching dresser? Would the cabinet maker put these numbers in the cabinet and on backs of drawers to make sure the drawers stayed with the correct piece of furniture since the drawers are the same sizes on both pieces?
Or are these stamped numbers model numbers for each piece and would the cabinet maker be the one who places the stamps on the pieces? Thank you for any information.
Hi. I'm the son of Povl Dinesen
Hello.
I can see, that you are interested in Povl Dinesen. He was my father, and I can tell you a bit about him. He was a cabinet maker in Copenhagen from about 1945 and designed a few things, cabinets and tables.The dinning table on the pictures is definatly his design and produced on his own factory in Copenhagen. And the cabinet that stands on top of the other is also his design while the bottom one is Arne Vodder.
In his best years Povl Dinesen had about 20 employees at the factory and he had a big furniture shop in Copenhagen where he beside his own works also sold other danish designer's furnitures from about 1955.
Actually he sold furnitures to the american officers in Germany in the fifties and sixties, in the sixties he had a shop in Wiesbaden.
If you have other questions, please ask.
Best regards
Palle Dinesen, Denmark.
Povl Dinesen Furniture, Wiesbaden, Germany
Dear Mr Dinesen,
I write to tell you that we have several marvelous pieces of furniture made by your father. My husband was stationed in Wiesbaden 1966-68 and he met and spoke with your father.
We cherish the pieces he made for us which include a handsome (king size) headboard with a tambour door set into it and two semi attached night stands. We also have a double dresser and reclining chair with ottoman and an unusual bar which opens from the center. We presently live on Long Island,New York but we will soom be moving to Arizona where it is very dry and very low humidity. I am concerned that this dry clinate may affect the furniture.
Have you any advice for me? We value these pieces highly and want to treat them well. Should you wish to respond, please use my email as follows: sandyred at optonline.net
Again, let me express my and my husbands admiration for your father's work.
Sincerely yours, Sondra Redfield
Thank you, Palle.
Just saw your post, thank you! I had given up on identifying my table and china hutch and am very happy to finally know their origin. They are both beautiful, your father was a true artist. Can you tell me what year(s) these pieces may have been made? Also, did your father become the retailer (dealer) for the Arne Vodder pieces I have and do you know what years they worked together and in what capacity? I appreciate any information.
Grateful....Patti
Povl Dinesen furniture shop in Wiesbaden
Palle, One more question. Do you know if your father ever took furniture to the American military base in Augsburg, Germany to sell? I am told by the previous owner her mother purchased all pieces at the same time at the officers club on the base, where dealers would bring their wares to sell to the officers and their families. This would have been between 1960 to 1963.
Thanks,
Patti Bennett
Arne Vodder + Augsburg
Hello again Patti
I think, my fathers table and china hutch vere made about 1960.
He sold the furnitures of Arne Vodder - and many other danish furniture-designers in his furniture shop all the years - 1955-1974. He did'n't Work togehter with him, he just sold his furnitures.
If there were an officers Club i Augsburg, I'm quite sure, that he came there as well 😉
Best regards
Palle Dinesen
Povl Dinesen Furniture, Wiesbaden, Germany
Hello Palle,
My father worked for Honeywell Computers and we lived in Wiesbaden from 1964-1971. Around 1968/1969, my parents visited your father's furniture store and purchased many beautiful pieces which are still in use today. They purchased a dining room table with 8 chairs (like photo in this forum), a sideboard with hutch (hutch almost same as photo in this forum), china cabinet, coffee table, and 2 end tables. For the first time after 46+ years, they placed dishes on top of the sideboard that were still warm/moist from the dishwasher. This has left a discolored ring on the wood and I am hoping you might have some information on how we can best remove this heat/moisture mark. I appreciate any suggestion you may have. Your father's furniture and the pieces he sold for other designers are a true testament of timeless design and excellent craftsmanship.
Sincere Regards,
Debbi Spellman Keneely
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