Manhole Cover Cork Trivet-Aalborg
Manhole Cover Cork Trivet-Aalborg
Denmark’s fourth city is the home of famed architect Jørn Utzon, creator of the Sydney Opera house. Utzon’s last building is a center devoted to his craft and sits on the Limfjord which separates northern Jylland from the mainland and links the North Sea with the Kattegat. The Sydney Opera house was completed, albeit without the native son, the same year as Alvar Aalto’s Aalborg art museum. Both buildings are masterpieces. The cover is a familiar radial, dot motif from Ulefos with an added Aalborg emblem in its center. This design is also found in the Denmark manhole coaster set.
The perfect gift for housewarmings, and anniversaries each illustration is initially hand-drawn for precision and then permanently etched into cork. The trivets are .375" thick and 7.25" in diameter with rounded edges. The engraving method has incredible detail and tactility. Fabricated from sustainable Portuguese cork. Designed and packaged in Philadelphia, PA USA.
Cork is a natural material, thus rare aberrations within the etching can occur.
As each one is made to order please allow three business days for delivery.
“We all have three cities: the one in which we grew up, the one where we live and the one in which we wished we live."-Alan Furst
