Arne Jacobsen, Grand Prix dining table with matching chairs, teak, year 1969-70 (7)

Automatic translation from Danish.

Arne Jacobsen (1902-1971): 'Grand Prix' dining table, model FH4605 with flaps, profiled legs of solid beech, tabletop of teak veneer. With matching 'Grand Prix' chairs, model FH4130 of molded veneered teak, legs of solid beech.
Manufactured and stamped by Fritz Hansen, acquired in the 1960s. Table H. 70 cm. L. 152/252 cm. W. 80 cm. (7)
The table shows minimal signs of age-related wear, the chairs with general age-related wear, legs later fixed with stability fittings, all chair backs appear intact.
The 'Grand Prix' table and chair were introduced by Fritz Hansen at the designers' spring exhibition at the Danish Museum of Applied Arts in Copenhagen in 1957. Later that year, the chair was exhibited at the Triennale in Milan, where it won the Grand Prix prize - the exhibition's highest award.