Britta’s Cabinet, Early 1970s, “Krenov At 100” Exhibition 

This video was made as a part of the “Krenov at 100” online exhibition, which opened on October 31, 2020, James Krenov’s 100th centenary. For more information or to view the exhibition, visit: thekrenovfoundation.org/krenov100
Transcript:
While most of Krenov’s work in the 1960s and 1970s was commissioned by his Swedish customers, this cabinet on a stand was made for his wife, Britta, his greatest advocate. Britta was a schoolteacher that supported the family and allowed her husband the flexibility and freedom to pursue his craft unburdened by worries of profitability or practicality.
This veneered oak cabinet, with its carcase suspended in a framework stand, is a tour-de-force of Krenov’s exacting use of joinery. The carcase’s dovetails, the rounded and rectangular through-tenons of the stand and the five-sided legs all point to his mastery of the traditional skillset of the cabinetmaker and his ability to arrange these elements into an elegantly composed piece of furniture.