Chieftain chair | Phillips, de Pury & Company
Estimated value: 35.000-45.000 US$
Auction:
20-21st Century Design Art
Sales date: 2003-12-08
Location:
New York
Lot number: 162
Design
Finn Juhl
Year 1949
Manufacturer Niels Vodder
Architonic id 4103007
Year 1949
Manufacturer Niels Vodder
Architonic id 4103007
BASED ON ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PRECEDENTS, THE CHIEFTAIN CHAIR WAS NAMED AFTER KING FREDERIK IX OF DENMARK, WHO TRIED OUT THE MODEL AT THE CABINETMAKERS' GUILD EXHIBITION IN 1949. THE MASTER CRAFTSMAN NIELS VODDER ORIGINALLY PRODUCED ONLY 78 EXAMPLES AND MOST WERE DISTRIBUTED AMONG DANISH EMBASSIES, MUSEUMS AND GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS.
FROM THE ORIGINAL SERIES OF 78 TEAK, LEATHER; BRANDED MARK ON THE UNDERSIDE "CABINETMAKER NIELS VODDER COPENHAGEN DENMARK, DESIGN FINN JUHL," AND WITH METAL RETAILER'S LABEL "ILLUMS BOLIGHUS KØBENHAVN"
41 IN. (102.5 CM) HIGH
PROVENANCE:
DANISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
LITERATURE:
ESBJØRN HIORT, FINN JUHL: ARCHITECTURE, APPLIED ART, A BIOGRAPHY, COPENHAGEN, 1990, COVER, PP. 40-41 FOR A DISCUSSION OF THE MODEL AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MODELS', DEBUT IN THE CABINETMAKERS'
GUILD EXHIBITION OF 1949
NORITSUGU ODA, DANISH CHAIRS,
SAN FRANCISCO, 1999, PP. 92-93
FROM THE ORIGINAL SERIES OF 78 TEAK, LEATHER; BRANDED MARK ON THE UNDERSIDE "CABINETMAKER NIELS VODDER COPENHAGEN DENMARK, DESIGN FINN JUHL," AND WITH METAL RETAILER'S LABEL "ILLUMS BOLIGHUS KØBENHAVN"
41 IN. (102.5 CM) HIGH
PROVENANCE:
DANISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
LITERATURE:
ESBJØRN HIORT, FINN JUHL: ARCHITECTURE, APPLIED ART, A BIOGRAPHY, COPENHAGEN, 1990, COVER, PP. 40-41 FOR A DISCUSSION OF THE MODEL AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MODELS', DEBUT IN THE CABINETMAKERS'
GUILD EXHIBITION OF 1949
NORITSUGU ODA, DANISH CHAIRS,
SAN FRANCISCO, 1999, PP. 92-93
