Image source: Fritz Hansen — PK71 Side Tables
© Fritz Hansen and the respective rights holders. Quoted to accompany INTEBEE's independent design commentary and research.
PK71 Side Tables
Poul Kjærholm's 1957 nest of three square side tables, in the MoMA collection
280 × 285 × 280 mm
1957
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The PK71™ Side Tables are a nest of three square tables that Poul Kjærholm designed in 1957. Each has a brushed stainless steel frame and an acrylic top; the largest measures W 28 × D 28 × H 28.5 cm.
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Construction
- Frames: satin brushed stainless steel
- Tops: coloured acrylic, black or white
- Three sizes that nest under each other
Specifications
- Set weight 4.0 kg in the product data
- In the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York
Story
Three squares
Fritz Hansen describes the PK71™ as three nesting tables, designed to be stored and stacked under each other and, with their toy-like look, to be shuffled around and used together or apart.
In a museum
The page notes that the PK71 tables are displayed in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The fact sheet adds that Kjærholm first showed the square in all three dimensions in this work and often stacked the bare frames as sculptural symbols.
More by Poul Kjærholm
PK3 Chair
Poul Kjærholm's 1954 split-shell chair in veneer on a tubular steel base, stackable
PK24 Lounge Chair
Poul Kjærholm's 1965 "Hammock Chair" chaise longue: leather on a brushed spring-steel frame
PK55 Office Table
The smaller of Poul Kjærholm's two 1957 worktables, ash veneer on a satin brushed steel frame
PK23 Lounge Chair
Poul Kjærholm's 1954 low lounge chair on a four-legged steel base, divided veneer shells
Collection
PK Collection
The Kjærholm Collection by Fritz Hansen: Poul Kjærholm's steel furniture with leather, wicker and stone — PK22™, PK61™, PK31™, PK25™ and PK24™. On INTEBEE.
