DANISH FURNITURE DESIGNER · 1923–2005
Nanna Ditzel
Nanna Ditzel was the first lady of Danish design for more than 50 years. She designed furniture, jewellery, textiles and toys, and the upholstery fabric Hallingdal, which she designed for Kvadrat in 1965, is still found on many Danish design pieces.
Furniture, jewellery and fabric
Ditzel trained as a cabinetmaker and attended the School of Arts and Crafts, where she met Jørgen Ditzel. Together they designed furniture, children’s furniture and jewellery for Georg Jensen until Jørgen died in 1961. The Hanging Egg Chair in woven rattan from 1957 dates from that period and is still produced by Sika-Design.
In 1965 she designed Hallingdal, a wool fabric in more than 60 colours for Kvadrat, which became the standard fabric on Danish design furniture for decades. After years in London she returned to Denmark in 1986 and designed the Trinidad chair for Fredericia in 1993, at the age of 70.
A new cover in her spirit
Many customers bring a Mogensen sofa or a Series 7 in Hallingdal and want back the look the piece once had. We reupholster in wool fabrics from Nevotex in many colours and advise on the quality and colour that come closest to the original.
We reupholster Ditzel’s own upholstered furniture, such as the ND-83 easy chair and the sofas from Kolds Savværk, in wool or leather by arrangement.