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Finn Juhl
b. Copenhagen 1912, d. Ordrup 1989
"Chieftain Chair". Easy chair with frame of rosewood.
Upholstered with original patinated natural leather on
seat, back and armrests. Designed in 1949. Made and
stamped by cabinetmaker Niels Vodder.
Literature: Grete Jalk [ed.]: "Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40
aar", 1987, vol. 3, mentioned p. 124-125.
Literature: Noritsugu Oda: "Danish Chairs", 1999, mentioned
p. 92.
Literature: Arne Karlsen: "Dansk Møbelkunst i det 20. århundrede",
1993, vol. 2, mentioned pp. 186-189.
Literature: "Finn Juhl Memorial Exhibition", 1990, mentioned
pp. 56-57.
Literature: Esbjørn Hiort: "Arkitekten Finn Juhl", Arkitektens
Forlag, 1990, mentioned pp. 40-41. On p. 40 with the following
remark: "For the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild
Exhibition in 1949 Finn Juhl designed the chair that became
known as the "Chieftain Chair". It is probably the most characteristic
of all his pieces of furniture. It did however then not
receive undivided recoqnition among the critics, but today
most agreee that it is among his masterpieces. At the 1949 exhibtion
Finn Juhl showed, that in shaping the wooden frame
of the chair, he had been inspired by the shapes of weapons
and everyday utensils of indigenous people. If that was, why
the chair got its name is unknown. Finn Juhl has himself told,
that a journalist at the opening of the 1949 Exhibtion, had
asked him, since the Danish King Frederik IX had sat in the
chair, if the chair now should be called "The Kings Chair".
Finn Juhl had found that too pretentious, and replied "You
should rather call it a Chieftain Chair" , which the Jounalist
then did". DKK 300.000 / € 40.000
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