'Oxford' High-Back Chair | Phillips, de Pury & Company
Estimated value: 18.000-22.000 US$
Auction:
20-21st Century Design Art
Sales date: 2002-05-22
Location:
New York
Lot number: 129b
Design
Arne Jacobsen
Manufacturer Fritz Hansen
Architonic id 4104589
Manufacturer Fritz Hansen
Architonic id 4104589
Only eighteen "Oxford" chairs were constructed in laminated rosewood, of which twelve remain around the Fellow's Table in the refectory of St. Catherine's College, Oxford. Also known as the "St. Catherine's" high-back chair, this small group represents the first edition of the "Oxford" series, which would be mass-produced in several formats by Fritz Hansen.
Laminated rosewood, rubber feet, branded with firm's marks 50 in. (121.7 cm) high
Literature:
Carsten Thau and Kjeld Vindum, Arne Jacobsen, Copenhagen, 2001, p. 490 (for an illustration of the model in the refectory of St. Catherine's College) and p. 523 (for a discussion of the model)
Laminated rosewood, rubber feet, branded with firm's marks 50 in. (121.7 cm) high
Literature:
Carsten Thau and Kjeld Vindum, Arne Jacobsen, Copenhagen, 2001, p. 490 (for an illustration of the model in the refectory of St. Catherine's College) and p. 523 (for a discussion of the model)
