AJ 237 lounge chair | Wright

Estimated value: 4500-5500 US$

Reached Price : 4000 US$

Auction:
Modernist 20 Century

Sales date: 2020-00-03

Location:
Chicago

Lot number: 238

Design

Arne Jacobsen
Year 1936
Manufacturer E.V.A. Nissen & Co.

Architonic id

4101132

The AJ 237, known also as the Charlottenborg chair, was first exhibited at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition of 1937. The curve of the backrest, arms and feet predict later organically inspired forms such as the Ant and Egg chairs. Jacobsen used this chair form on his own garden terrace. An uncommon and early design by Jacobsen.
Bamboo, upholstery
28"w x 30"d x 28"h
Literature: Arne Jacobsen, Thau and Vindum, pg. 267.