Teak Sofa Model FD 164 by Arne Vodder for France & Daverkosen

The Danish architect and furniture designer Arne Vodder (1926-2009) trained in the 1940s with the cabinetmaker Niels Vodder and then studied architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, where Finn Juhl was one of his mentors. In 1951 he designed the AV Egoist chaise longue, made by Bovirke in teak and beech with woven faux leather. From the 1950s he was in-house designer at Sibast Møbler, where among other things he designed the sideboard Sibast No. 11. He realised further designs for living room and office furniture for France & Søn, Erik Jørgensens Møbelfabrik and Poul Cadovius. Vodder's furniture is characterised by organic lines without hard edges, handleless constructions and the use of teak and rosewood. His office furniture was exported internationally, including to the White House.