Holmegaard has been creating quality glassware for almost two centuries. The legendary glassworks has collaborated with scores of celebrated designers over its long history, including Arne Jacobsen, Louise Campbell, Bodil Kjær and many others, with each artisan crafting vases, bottles and other serveware and decorative objects that are widely loved by collectors and art connoisseurs alike. Today Holmegaard is a powerhouse of functionalist modern Danish glass design.
Holmegaard Glassworks was the dream of Danish Count Christian Danneskiold-Samsøe, who petitioned the king of Denmark for permission to build a factory. Sadly, by the time permission was granted, the count had passed away, leaving his dowager, the Countess Henriette Danneskiold-Samsøe, to carry on her late husband’s dream in 1825. The factory was established in the town of Fensmark in the Holmegaard bog, where rich peat could be harvested and used to fuel the high-temperature kilns required to produce glass there.
The factory initially produced only simple mouth-blown green glass packaging bottles — the need was for glassware that was merely functional. It wasn’t until the 1920s that it made progress as a significant entity in the world of design. There was a fruitful partnership to create dinner glassware with the Royal Danish Porcelain Factory and glass artist Oluf Jensen. This was followed in 1925 by Holmegaard’s hiring Jacob Eiler Bang as the glassworks’ first in-house designer.
Bang was trained as an architect and was working on the Danish Pavilion at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts — the fair that brought the Art Deco style to worldwide attention — when his efforts caught the attention of Holmegaard. Bang believed in the concept of making things that were “beautiful, strong, practical and cheap.” His seductive, functionalist designs for vases, decanters, bottles and other objects — guided by the theories that underpin Scandinavian modernism — garnered acclaim for both Bang and Holmegaard, and he became known as one of the fathers of functionalism in Danish glassware.
Holmegaard went on to work with Per Lütken, who created intricate objects that redefined the factory’s style and Danish glass design as a whole. Lütken produced over 3,000 pieces for the glassworks, including the revered Provence bowl, one of the pieces for which the glassworks is best known. The brand went on to work with other notable artists including Otto Brauer and Jacob Bang’s son, Michael Bang, whose Palet range, Fontaine wine glass range, and Mandarin lamps are among Holmegaard’s most iconic creations.
Today, Holmegaard Glassworks is owned by Rosendahl Design Group. It is Denmark’s largest manufacturer of glass in addition to being the oldest and most historic.
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Set of 4 Mid-Century Danish Teak with Cabaret Glass Trays from Holmegaard, 1960s
By Holmegaard
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Danish Teak with Cabaret Glass Trays from Holmegaard, 1960s, Set of 4, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 have official proof of authenticity such as vintage ...
Glass, Teak
Set of 4 Mid-Century Danish Tray in Teak with Cabaret Glass Trays, 1960s
By Holmegaard
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Danish Tray in Teak with Cabaret Glass Trays from Holmegaard, 1960s, Set of 4, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 official proof of authenticity such as vinta...
Glass, Teak
Set of 5 Mid-Century Cabaret Glass Bowls from Holmegaard with Teak Tray, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Danish Cabaret Glass Bowls from Holmegaard with Teak Tray from Digsmed, 1960s, Set of 5, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mark...
Glass, Teak
Set of 3 Mid-Century Danish Teak Tray with Cabaret Glass Trays, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Danish Teak Tray from Artiform with Cabaret Glass Trays from Holmegaard, 1960s, Set of 3, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mar...
Glass, Teak
Set of 2 Mid-Century Danish Teak Tray with Glass, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Danish Teak Tray with Glass, 1960s, Set of 2, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969. Additional information: Materials: Glass, Teak Style: Mid-Century Modern Co...
Glass, Teak
Set of 3 Mid-Century Danish Teak Tray with Glasses, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Danish Teak Tray with Glasses, 1960s, Set of 3, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969. Additional information: Materials: Glass, Teak Color: Brown Styles: Mid-C...
Glass, Teak
Vintage Danish Teak Tray with Glass Bowls by Jens Harald Quistgaard, 1960s
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Asaa, DK
Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern teak tray with glass bowls by Jens Harald Quistgaard for IHQ Dansk Designs, 1960s. Serving tray in solid teak with six green glass dishes. Each dish has feet that fits into the lattice on the tray. Length 46.5 cm. Marked JHQ Dansk Designs...
Glass, Teak
Vintage Danish Teak Tray with Glass Bowls by Jens Harald Quistgaard, 1960s
By Jens Quistgaard
Located in Asaa, DK
Vintage Danish teak tray with glass bowls by Jens Harald Quistgaard for IHQ Dansk Designs, 1960s. Serving tray in solid teak with six green glass dishes...
Glass, Teak
1960s Denmark Serving Snack Tray Set Teak & Glass Lüthje Wood Denmark 1
By Lüthje Wood Denmark 1
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Denmark serving snack tray set teak & glass. Danish modern set produced by Lüthje Wood Denmark 1 maker stamped. Measures: 6.38 wide x 13.75 deep x ...
Glass, Teak
Danish Modern Serving Dish with Wood Base and Glass Compartments
Located in New York, NY
A wood and glass serving dish with three compartments, Midcentury Danish Modern or Scandinavia Modern design period, circa mid-20th century, Denmark. Piece has a wood base with three...
Glass, Wood
Digsmed Mid-Century Bangkok Teak Wood Tray Server w/ Two Glass Inserts Denmark
Located in Wien, Au
Digsmed mid-century Bangkok teak wood tray server w/ two glass inserts Denmark Original condition.
Glass, Wood, Teak
Set of Four Midcentury Serving Teak Trays Backman for Airlines, Finland, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
- rare type - marked - practical - for Czech Airlines
Teak
