'Oxford' High-Back Chair | Phillips, de Pury & Company

Prix estimatif: 18.000-22.000 US$

Enchères:
20-21st Century Design Art

Date de vente: 2002-05-22

Lieu des enchères:
New York

Numéro du lot: 129b

Design

Arne Jacobsen
Fabricant Fritz Hansen

Numéro ID d'Architonic

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)