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.