A rare custom-made double stool, 1950s

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KAARE KLINT (1888-1954)
A rare custom-made double stool, 1950s
Cuban mahogany, Niger leather
executed by master cabinetmakers Rud. Rasmussen A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark
15 ¾ x 75 ½ x 28 ¾ in. (40 x 192 x 73 cm.)
underside with manufacturer’s paper label RUD. RASMUSSENS/SNEDKERIER/45 NØRREBROGADE/KØBENHAVN handwritten with order number 25660A

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Lot Essay

This extremely rare, possibly unique, bench is unrecorded and follows the form of the Additions series of chairs and stools but in extended form. Executed at the same master cabinetmaker’s as the other works in the series, it seems likely to have been a specially commissioned work.

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