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Rud. Rasmussens Snedkerier

Main entrance to the workshop and showroom downtown Copenhagen

Company Profile
Founded by Rudolph Rasmussen in 1869, Rud.Rasmussen’s Snedkerier is today one of the oldest furniture makers in Denmark.

The Vice Chancellor`s office at the University of Copenhagen. In the foreground a Kaare Klint addition table in mahogany. In the background a mahogany writing desk, Kaare Klint Faaborgchairs, a coffee table and Mogens Koch cabinets in mahogany.

The craftsmanship has been running in the Rasmussen family for more than 130 years, and the joinery is today led and owned by the fourth generation of the Rasmussen family. Originally, the company was named Rud. Rasmussen’s Oakfurniture Factory, where huge and heavy furniture was the specialty. The cooperation with the architects Kaare Klint and Mogens Koch began in the late 1920’s, and has since been the hallmark of the furniture shop itself, as well as of the finest Danish furniture design.

Mogens Kock’s Folding Chair from 1932 with Jørgen Rud. Rasmussen’s Expanding Table provide a very flexible solution for the dining area or the conference room.

Kaare Klint’s models meant a tremendous renewal to Danish furniture design. A clear and logical construction was Klint’s own demand; nothing superfluous, only honest, pure lines, exquisite materials, good craftsmanship, everything down to the smallest detail.
The furniture designed by Professor Mogens Koch is some of the most elegant and definitive solutions to demands of both comfort, functionality and aesthetics. Koch’s design of the famous quadratic composite bookcase has been the central feature of Rud. Rasmussens Snedkerier’s production since 1932.

The executive lounge at Unibank Denmark. On the left Kaare Klint’s Faaborgchairs and a squared coffee table in mahogany. In the background Kaare Klint’s armchairs, no. 4488, with caseworks.

The Mogens Koch composite bookcase system in mahogany. Notice the frames which fit the dimensions of the elements. In front a Mogens Koch mahogany writing desk with drawers.

Since 1981, Rud. Rasmussen’s showroom in Copenhagen has developed into one of the most wide-ranging furniture exhibitions, not only showing the products of the ‘house-architects’ Mogens Koch and Kaare Klint, but also other top quality furniture of Danish design, e.g. Børge Mogensen, Hans J. Wegner, Bernt and others. The shop houses four floors of fine exhibitions of tables, bookshelves, settees and chairs by some of the most distinguished Danish architects.		Today the Mogens Koch units are produced in seven different woods: mahogany, elm, oak, teak, ash, pine and Oregon pine. The quadratic units ensures full flexibility as it can be turned in order to hold books of various sizes.

Indeed, the furniture is expensive. Yet, the quality is outstanding, and the designs are unique to the Danish architectural tradition. The pieces of furniture are all through the process in the hands of competent joiners, from the one who selects the wood to the one who finishes the work, securing that the quality is at its highest. That makes furniture art.

The Safari Chair and the Safari Footstool designed by Kaare Klint in 1933. It comes in light or stained ash wood with upholstery in either canvas or leather.

The mayor's office at the city hall in Odense, Denmark. Poul Kjærholm tables in mahogany and Kaare Klint Faaborgchairs in mahogany. In the background Mogens Koch composite bookcases in mahogany

You can live a whole life with such pieces of furniture without ever getting tired of enjoying them with your eyes. Enjoy the beautiful, the perfect, in material and form. It is furniture of this distinguished class, which leaves the workshops of Rud. Rasmussens Snedkerier.

Kaare Klint sofa no. 4118 in mahogany, covered with natural scotch guard treated oxide.Kaare Klint round coffee table in mahogany. In the background Mogens Koch composite bookcase unit in mahogany.

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