Godtfred H. Petersen Rosewood Coffee Table, Denmark, 1960s
Book-matched Rosewood, Model Nr. 195
A generously proportioned rosewood coffee table by Godtfred H. Petersens Møbelfabrik. It still bears the workshop’s original model label and the Danish Furniture Makers’ Control mark, the quality seal given to Danish furniture made to export standard.
The top is the event: book-matched rosewood, its dramatic figure mirrored across the surface. It’s framed by a softly stepped raised edge and floats above a slim apron on a fine shadow line, carried on square-section legs.
Long and generously scaled, it anchors a sofa arrangement with real presence. It sits at a comfortable height for everyday use, the kind of piece a living room is composed around.
Imported directly from Denmark. The underside retains the workshop’s original label, its emblem matching the one used in the firm’s period advertising in Design from Scandinavia, alongside the Danish Furniture Makers’ Control mark. Restored and refinished in-house.
Godtfred H. Petersens Møbelfabrik
A Danish family workshop with a history spanning more than a century, celebrated for exclusive upholstered furniture and the fine wooden pieces made to accompany it. Its leatherwork was especially admired, and its furniture was chosen for hotels and ships as well as private homes. Pieces from the 1960s, in rosewood and leather, remain among its most sought-after work.
All Vintage Club pieces are carefully considered for authenticity, provenance and condition before acquisition. Restoration is undertaken in-house to the highest standard.
Maker: Godtfred H. Petersens Møbelfabrik (original label, Nr. 195)
Country: Denmark
Period: 1960s
Materials: Rosewood
Dimensions: W 160 × D 70 × H 48.5 cm
Condition Report
Very good. Restored and refinished in-house, the rosewood figure brought back to its full depth and warmth. Faint dark spotting remains in two places near the ends of the top, the trace of old water marking. It has been softened during refinishing and sealed, and it does not detract from the piece. The original maker’s label and Danish Furniture Makers’ Control mark are intact. As with all authentic mid-century pieces, gentle signs of age remain and are considered part of their character.
Rosewood is a CITES-listed timber. This piece is offered for sale within South Africa; export may require CITES documentation, which remains the buyer’s responsibility.
