Finn Juhl France Chair

Collection finn juhl designed furniture with the human body in mind and stood out from his midcentury architect peers in denmark as well as the rest of.

Finn juhl france chair.

1953 109 chair. Chair sofa design finn juhl year 1957 relaunched in 2007 materials. Finn juhl rode a wave of international success during the 1950s in part thanks to his partnership with the danish furniture manufacturer france son. 1953 to the top.

Nevertheless the chair s organic shapes and distinct design characteristics are. Finn juhl s partnership with the furniture manufacturer france son gave birth to a series of furniture well suited for industrial production while staying true to the ideals of simple designs that reigned in the 1950s. Son for the american market in 1956. It became along with a number of other finn juhl designs a great success the chair was designed for industrial production and has a more simple expression than many of juhl s other chairs.

It has many of finn juhl s characteristic details which may help explain why people are so captivated by it. At the same time it is a price friendly alternative to even the more complicated handcrafted pieces such as the 45 chair or the chieftain chair. Rather than thinking in terms of practical construction finn juhl had the mindset of a sculptor when he. 1948 48 sofa bench.

Finn juhl designed furniture with the human body in mind and stood out from his midcentury architect peers in denmark as well as the rest of scandinavia. Being commissioned to furnish one of the larger delegates rooms at the un building in new york and being represented. He was a pioneer figure within danish furniture design and the danish modern movement. 1946 reading chair veneer seat.

The france chair was designed by finn juhl in 1956. 1956 art collector s table. Finn juhl designed fj 136 as the chair was originally called for france amp. Danish architect finn juhl 1912 1989 is regarded as one of the greatest furniture designers of the 20th century.

France was an english businessman who moved to denmark in 1936 to run a small mattress factory together with cabinetmaker eric daverkosen who passed away the following year.