Pair of Armchairs, Model No. NV-45, designed 1945

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FINN JUHL (1912-1989)
Pair of Armchairs, Model No. NV-45, designed 1945
executed by master cabinetmaker Niels Vodder, Copenhagen, Denmark
teak, fabric upholstery
33 x 27 1⁄2 x 28 in. (83.8 x 69.8 x 71.1 cm)

Literature

Grete Jalk, ed., Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar, Volume 2: 1937-1946, Copenhagen, 1987, pp. 276-77
E. Hiort, Finn Juhl: Furniture, Architecture, Applied Art, Copenhagen, 1990, pp. 34-35
H. W. Hansen, Finn Juhl Memorial Exhibition, Osaka, 1990, pp. 42-45, 130
P. H. Hansen, Finn Juhl and His House, Copenhagen, 2014, pp. 31, 152-153 (for a watercolor illustration of the design), 158-160, 185

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Lot Essay

The design for this chair was first shown in Cabinetmakers' Guild Furniture Exhibition in 1945.
An example of this chair is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (inv. no. CIRC.452:1, 2-1969) and the Museum of Modern Art, New York (inv. no. 214.1950.2a-b).

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