Finn Juhl - Design New York Wednesday, December 7, 2022 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Georg Jensen, New York
    Sylvia and Leo Berck, Roslyn, New York, circa 1960
    Thence by descent to the present owners

  • Literature

    Viggo Sten Møller and Svend Erik Møller, Dansk Møbelkunst: Københavns Snedkerlaugs Møbeludstilling, 1927-1951, Copenhagen, 1951, p. 82
    Esbjørn Hiort, Modern Danish Furniture, New York, 1956, pp. 54-55
    Grete Jalk, ed., Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar, Volume 3: 1947-1956, Copenhagen, 1987, pp. 124-25, 233, 311
    Esbjørn Hiort, Finn Juhl: Furniture, Architecture, Applied Art, Copenhagen, 1990, front cover, pp. 23, 40-41
    Noritsugu Oda, Danish Chairs, San Francisco, 1999, pp. 92-93

Property from a Long Island Estate

72

“Chieftain” chair, model no. FJ 49 A

designed 1949, executed 1960s
Teak, original leather upholstery.
36 3/4 x 40 x 29 1/2 in. (93.3 x 101.6 x 74.9 cm)
Executed by master cabinetmaker Niels Vodder, Copenhagen, Denmark. Underside impressed NIELS VODDER CABINETMAKER/COPENHAGEN DENMARK/DESIGN: FINN JUHL and with retailer's paper label.

Estimate
$30,000 - 50,000 

Sold for $88,200

Contact Specialist

Benjamin Green
Associate Specialist

Associate Head of Sale

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Design

New York Auction 7 December 2022