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Andersen
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22/07/2022 9:49 pm  

@Herringbone, I had a question in my mind since a while, and tonight by looking at a desk again, I thought it was time to ask: in the book of Ejnar Pedersen, when he tells the story about its time at Iversen, this Iversen has anything to do with Arne Wahl Iversen ?

 

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Herringbone
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25/07/2022 10:05 am  

@andersen Thanks for the question, that's right up my alley. The answer is: absolutely not. Iversen is quite the generic name in Denmark. It's the patronym for the Danish name Iver. So up to the middle of the 19th century, every son of a man called Iver would have gotten the last name Iversen. When they abolished the patronyms in the 19th century, the name got "frozen". Hansen stayed Hansen, regardless who his father was, Iversen remained Iversen.

Andreas Jeppe Iversen was born in 1888 in Sonder Bjert, a little vilage near Kolding in the south of Jutland. His father Jeppe Iversen was a fisherman, born in Toulov, near by. It's rather safe to assume, that his grandfather was also a fisherman, lived in the same village and maybe even was called Iver Jeppesen. 

Arne Wahl Iversen was born in Nyborg as was his father Johannes Wahl Iversen (who ran a furntureshop). His grandfather, Rasmus Iversen, was born 1845 in a small village near Vejle, the son of Iver Rasmussen. 

"People buy a chair, and they don't really care who designed it." (Arne Jacobsen)


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Andersen
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25/07/2022 12:47 pm  

thanks for the answer, @Herringbone. So, if one would find furniture from Andreas Jeppe Iversen, to experience those drawers that would just be sucked in while pushing gently, where one would need to look ?


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Herringbone
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25/07/2022 7:05 pm  

@andersen Iversen‘s  most successful and long lasting collaboration was the one with Ole Wanscher. Google Iversen, Wanscher and chest of drawers and you will some find some of the pieces in question. But they are pretty rare considering that Iversen was a traditional cabinetmaker workshop with a limited output compared to industrial production. Also the style may come across a bit old fashioned sometimes. From time to time Iversen pieces appear at Bruun Rasmussen or Lauritz. 

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"People buy a chair, and they don't really care who designed it." (Arne Jacobsen)


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Andersen
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26/07/2022 5:27 pm  

nice stuff...


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