HELGE VESTERGAARD-JENSEN END TABLE FOR SØREN HORN

A gorgeous and rare inlaid-tile topped rosewood table by one of Denmark's more obscure, yet highly admired and collectible designers, Helge Vestergaard-Jensen.  His simple and elegant, stripped-down aesthetic is on full display here in this table's thinly attenuated frame.  The colorful tiles create an eccentric surface in hues of green, blue, tan, and brown—utterly complementary to the rosewood's reddish tones. HELGE VESTERGAARD-JENSEN was a Danish furniture designer whose work is characterized by the simplicity and elegance that result from its minimized construction.  He is most famous for his 1955 daybed.  Like Vestergaard-Jensen's other designs, it was only produced in limited edition.  Never a household name, his work is nonetheless in high demand, in part owing to its rarity, but also to the uncompromising craftsmanship of its production and the detail of its design.  Early on, Vestergaard-Jensen collaborated with the skilled cabinetmaker Peder Pedersen and together they were r