Børge Mogensen collection

Børge Westergaard Mogensen (1914 - 1972) was trained as a cabinetmaker with a journeyman's certificate in 1934.

Trained as a furniture architect at the Danish School of Crafts and Design 1936-38 and at the Danish Academy of Fine Arts Furniture School 1938-42. Employed at Kaare Klint's and Mogens Koch's design studios 1938-42. Head of the Joint Association of Danish Consumer Associations (FDB) furniture design studio 1942-50. Teacher at the Danish Academy of Fine Arts Furniture School 1945-47. Own design studio from 1950. Participated in the Cabinetmakers' Guild's annual furniture exhibitions and in the National Association of Danish Crafts exhibitions in Denmark and abroad. Solo exhibition in London 1961. Has designed furniture series for, among others, cabinetmaker Erhard Rasmussen, AB Karl Andersson & Söner, Curt Danel, Fredericia Stolefabrik A/S, Fritz Hansens Eftf A/S, P. Lauritzen & Søns Møbelfabrik, CM Madsens Fabrikker. From 1953, he designed home textiles for the textile company C. Olesen's Cotilkollektion. Awarded the Eckersberg Medal in 1950 and the CF Hansen Medal in 1972.
For FDB, Børge Mogensen developed a furniture series inspired by shaker furniture, and several of his shaker tables are still manufactured and sold.