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Lot 137
  • 137

Finn Juhl

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Finn Juhl
  • Love Seat, Model No. NV48
  • teak and leather

Provenance

Antik, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

"Finn Juhl," Interiors, September 1950, p. 86
Nanna and Jørgen Ditzel, Danske Stole, Copenhagen, 1954, pp. 10-11
Esbjørn Hiort, Finn Juhl:  Furniture, Architecture, Applied Art, Copenhagen, 1990, pp. 22, 38-39 and 97 (for an example of the model in the designer's home)
Finn Juhl Memorial Exhibition, exh. cat., Osaka, 1990, p. 55
Per H. Hansen, Finn Juhl Og Hans Hus, Copenhagen, 2009, pp. 145, 167, 193 and 204

Condition

Overall in very good condition. Showing light surface scratches to the wooden elements from use. The leather with some shallow surface scratches, none of which break the surface of the leather. A very elegant design with nice proportion and delicate sculptural frame.
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