Lot 624
  • 624

FINN JUHL | Rare Pair of Adjustable Armchairs and Ottoman

Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 HKD
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Description

  • Finn Juhl
  • Rare Pair of Adjustable Armchairs and Ottoman
  • each chair branded CABINETMAKER NIELS VODDER/COPENHAGEN DENMARK/DESIGN FINN JUHL
  • teak, cane, leather, brass, fabric
  • chairs (each): 78 by 76 by 68 cm; 30 3/4  by 30 by 26 3/4  in.ottoman: 36 by 52 by 54 cm; 14 1/8  by 20 1/2  by 21 1/4  in.
  • Executed circa 1955 by cabinetmaker Niels Vodder, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Provenance

Private Collection, Japan

Exhibited

Copenhagen, Kunstindustrimuseet, Copenhagen Cabinetmakers' Guild, 30 September - 16 October 1955, stand 7

Literature

Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar, vol. 3: 1947-1956, Grete Jalk ed., Teknologisk Instituts Forlag, Copenhagen, 1987, p. 355
Danish Chairs
, Noritsugu Oda ed., Chronicle Books, Tokyo, 1996, p. 100
Scandinavian Design, Charlotte Fiell and Peter Fiell ed., TASCHEN, Cologne, 2002, p. 332 for a watercolour
Danish Furniture Design in the 20th Century: vol. 2, Arne Karlsen ed., Christian Eljers Forlag, Copenhagen, 2007, p.114

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There are minor surface irregularities and light scratches throughout on the wooden supports, most visible upon close inspection.
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