FINN JUHL (1912-1989)
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FINN JUHL (1912-1989)

A LEATHER UPHOLSTERED TEAK 'CHIEFTAN' ARMCHAIR, DESIGNED 1949

Fermé18 December 2007

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USD 25,000

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FINN JUHL (1912-1989)
A Leather Upholstered Teak 'Chieftan' Armchair, designed 1949
executed by cabinetmaker Niels Vodder, Copenhagen
37 in. (94 cm.) high
branded CABINETMAKER NIELS VODDER COPENHAGEN DENMARK DESIGN FINN JUHL

With Antik, New York.

Note du spécialiste

cf. N. Oda, Danish Chairs, San Francisco, 1999, pp. 92-93.

M. Eidelberg, What Modern Was: Design 1935-1965, New York, 1991, p. 187 for an illustration of this model.

E. Hiort, Finn Juhl: Furniture, Architecture, Applied Art, Copenhagen, 1990, cover, pp. 40-41.

G. Jalk, ed., Dansk Mobelkunst gennem 40 arr, Copenhagen, 1987, pp. 124-125.

The original production of Chieftain chairs, all executed by Niels Vodder consisted of only 78 examples, which were mostly distributed among Danish embassies, museums and government building.