Skuffer, skabe og skrin - Cupboards, cabinets and chests - Domestic furniture through the ages
Show me your closet and I’ll tell you who you are!
The way we furnish our homes has traced a continuous narrative down the ages. Likewise, the development of storage furniture is also the history of housing culture. But how has furniture types changed to cope with the trend of ever-increasing quantities of possessions? Come and find out while exploring the numerous cupboards, chests of drawers, caskets, bureaus, and glass-fronted cabinets clamouring for attention in a poignant and dramatic arrangement.
The exhibition ‘Cupboards, Cabinets and Chests – domestic storage furniture through the ages’ pinpoint certain periods in the history of furniture by highlighting a number of pieces excelling in good design, superior material treatment, and exquisite ornamentation. More than 60 different pieces and furniture types are represented, of which the large majority comes from Designmuseum Danmark’s own collection. As an extra bonus, the opening of this exhibition will coincide with the Cabinetmakers’ Autumn Exhibition whose actual theme also happens to be storage. This gives you a rare opportunity to gain some insight into the historical spread contained in these two exhibitions – from the gigantic showpieces of the Baroque to examples of ultra-minimalistic, space-saving furniture, and also entirely new and experimenting storage pieces.