Thank you to H.M. The Queen for many years of creative collaboration
H.M. Queen Margrethe II’s longstanding appreciation of weaving was established in her conversation with Bjørn Nørgaard about tapestries for Christiansborg Palace, for which Georg Jensen Damask was entrusted to weave tapestries and textiles for The Great Hall. As a company, it is a great honour to be involved in the creation of Danish cultural history, and this has most certainly been the case during H.M. Queen Margrethe II's reign.
Over the years, Georg Jensen Damask has had the great honour of working closely with H.M. Queen Margrethe II. Among other things, the Queen sketched the crown on Kronedugen, woven by Georg Jensen Damask in 1992 for use at the royal couple's silver wedding celebrations. In 2004, it was also H.M. The Queen who designed the monogram for the tablecloth that adorned the tables at the crown prince couple's wedding.
Georg Jensen Damask's relationship with the Royal House dates back to 1952, when Queen Ingrid commissioned the very first damask tablecloth, H.C. Andersen. In 2000, we were awarded the Royal Warrant.
Image 1: Detail image of the tablecloth created for the New Year’s Levee and Dinner.
Image 2: H.M. Queen Margrethe with Saint Knud's Ørnedug, 1962. Photo: Søndergaard Photo.
Image 3: H.M. Queen Margrethe's sketch for Kronedugen.
Image 4: Kronedugen was woven for the occasion of the Queen and Prince Henrik's silver wedding in 1992. Photo: Kolding Stadsarkiv.
Image 5: In 2023, H.M. Queen Margrethe II celebrated becoming the longest-serving reigning monarch in Danish history with a dinner held in The Great Hall at Koldinghus. The tablecloth chosen for the event was the damask woven Snefnug. Photo: Keld Navntoft.
Image 6: For the Flora Danica exhibition at Koldinghus, Georg Jensen Damask recreated the tablecloth used the very first time the porcelain tableware was used to set the table in 1803. Photo: Marie Tuxen Hedegaard.
Image 7: New Year's Levee and Dinner. The tablecloth was designed by the Queen for the annual event at Christian VII's Palace. Photo: The Royal House.
Image 8: The Great Hall at Christiansborg Palace, with Bjørn Nørgaard's tapestries and Georg Jensen Damask's wallpaper and furniture textiles. Photo: The Royal House.