100
Finn Juhl
Early "Chieftain" armchair
Estimate
$80,000 - 120,000
Sold For
$93,750
Lot Details
circa 1949
Teak, leather.
36 3/4 x 39 3/4 x 34 1/2 in. (93.3 x 101 x 87.6 cm)
Executed by cabinetmaker Niels Vodder, Denmark. Underside branded with NIELS VODDER CABINETMAKER/COPENHAGEN DENMARK/DESIGN: FINN JUHL.
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Catalogue Essay
The “Chieftain” chair was designed for and first exhibited at the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild, Kunstindustrimuseet, Copenhagen, in 1949. The period image illustrated here shows a four-buttoned upholstered chair, similar to the present lot, which appears to be an earlier design element. Three years later, in the 1952 exhibition “Interior 52” at the Nordenfjeldske Museum of Applied Art, Trondheim, Norway, Finn Juhl exhibited his “Chieftain” chair, but this time with three buttons, having altered the design slightly, and as it would remain for the duration of its production.
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