Skrevet af JAMES FRANCE
Forlaget skriver: To most people it is an unknown paradox that the man who kick-started the export of Danish furniture in the 1950's, as well as being the first to brand Danish design internationally, was an Englishman called C.W.F. France.
It was as a coincidence that France came to Denmark to help his friend Eric Daverkosen to manage the mattress manufacturer LAMA at Ørholm. After a short time Daverkosen sadly died and France was left to take over the company. However, as a British citizen he was interned by the Germans during the Second World War. In captivity he developed his ideas about creating light wooden chairs which could be manufactured on an industrial scale and economically transported in a 'flat-pack' form.
At the same time the idea was to utilize the mattress production plant to produce mini-mattresses for use as seats and backs of chairs and sofas. After five years of captivity he was finally able to realize his plan. In co-operation with the leading Danish designers at the time, such as Finn Juhl, Grethe Jalk, Ole Wanscher, and Hvidt
