ØHAVSTOLEN (THE ARCHIPELAGO CHAIR)

A GARDEN CHAIR – A RUSTIC CHAIR

Jesper Mydtskov – Handmade

Price: DKK 5500

Inspiration from The Archipelago of the South of Funen, not to mention The Archipelago Path, remarkable for the beauty of its scenery, led to ØHAVSTOLEN (THE ARCHIPELAGO CHAIR), designed to plant/dig into the soil in nature or in your private  garden.

ØHAVSTOLEN IS UNIQUE.

The back of the chair is asymmetric, and two chairs/a couple, placed next to one another, will turn out laterally reversed.

ØHAVSTOLEN is made of the finest, noble, Danish oak. It is greased with oil and will patinate beautifully as times go by. It stands up to all kinds of weather and stays beautiful for many, many years.

ØHAVSTOLEN: EU design protection/EUIPO – The European Union Office for Intellectual Ownership.

ØHAVSTOLEN, MADE OF NAVEL WOOD

”PLANT OAK TREES FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DANISH NAVY”

Those were the words from the Danish crown prince, future King Frederik 6, in 1807.
An order to The Foresty Authorities and the rich, noble forest owners.
Any little piece of oak wood, usable for shipbuilding, was impounded.

The Admiralty marked all the trees in the Danish woods and this way made sure that every single oak tree was at their disposal.

OPEN THEFT OF THE NAVY, 1807

The British abduction of the Danish Battle- and Merchant Navy was nothing less but a catastrophe!

British soldiers encircled Copenhagen, and after having bombed the Capital during three days and nights, the Danish General Peymann had to surrender and give in to the British conditions: SURRENDER OF THE DANISH NAVY – and the British would leave for good!

The glorious and proud marine nation, Denmark, on that occasion lost more than 300 crafts – and all shipyards were drained of material!

OAK TREES GROW SLOWLY

People from the very beginning of 1800 were aware of the fact that generation after generation would pass until the oak trees would be ready for felling, and how on earth could people in 1807 imagine how technology would develop in the future?

Not until around 200 years later, the ”navy oak trees” were ready for felling, but at that time the material used for shipbuilding had changed from wood to steel – steelplates!

The good thing about this is that Denmark is left with an abundance of oak wood, which – among other things – can be used for making this beautiful ØHAVSTOL, which you are welcome to take a closer look at.