Frits Henningsen

1889 — 1965

When compared to his more famous peers in Danish furniture design, Fritz Henningsen is a somewhat mysterious figure. Probably born at the end of the nineteenth century, he was greatly respected for its very high standards of craftsmanship – one notes how much of his output was in expensive and exotic woods, such as palisander and Cuban mahogany. Every piece with the Henningsen imprimatur is entirely hand-made, using exclusively the labor-intensive, traditional methods he inherited from the nineteenth century.