Rud. Rasmussen, also known as Rud. Rasmussens Snedkerier, was a manufacturer of wooden furniture based in

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. The workshop was founded by Rudolph Rasmussen in 1869 and collaborated with some of the leading Danish furniture designers of the 20th century. Its former furniture factory at

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45 was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 2008.

History

Rudolph Rasmussen was born into a family of joiners in 1838. He was granted

citizenship Citizenship is a "relationship between an individual and a state to which the individual owes allegiance and in turn is entitled to its protection". Each state determines the conditions under which it will recognize persons as its citizens, and ...

as joiner in 1869 and established his own workshop. The workshop specialized in artistically designed oak tree furniture. In the mid-1870s, it was destroyed by fire while working on furniture for the new

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. Two of Rasmussen's sons, Rudolph and Victor (1882–1955), both joined the company and took on the operations after their father's death in 1904. Rudolph Rasmussen Jr. served as manager while his brother ran the workshop. Rudolph Rasmussen was active in the company until his death. He was succeeded by his sons Aage (born 1911) and Erik (born 1915). In the 1920s, Rud Rasmussen began to collaborate with architects such as

Kaare Klint Kaare Klint (15 December 1888 – 28 March 1954) was a Danish architect and furniture designer, known as the father of modern Danish furniture design. Style was epitomized by clean, pure lines, use of the best materials of his time and super ...

(from 1925) and

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.. It later also collaborated with Lagens Lassen,

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and

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Gallery

Image:Rud. Rasmussen 08.jpg, The Stengade wing Image:Rud. Rasmussen 05.jpg, The courtyard wing

References

External links

Official website

Source
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