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Lot 178 PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
FINN JUHL (1912-1989)
A LEATHER UPHOLSTERED TEAK 'CHIEFTAN' ARMCHAIR, DESIGNED 1949
Closed18 December 2007
Price Realised
USD 25,000
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Specialist note
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.
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.