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Kaare Klint
Pair of early 'Easy' armchairs, model no. 5313
- Estimate
- £20,000 - 30,000
£22,500
Lot Details
Niger leather, Cuban mahogany.
designed 1934, executed 1947-1948
Each: 80 x 69.6 x 75 cm (31 1/2 x 27 3/8 x 29 1/2 in.)
Executed by cabinetmakers Rud. Rasmussen A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark. Underside of one chair with manufacturer's label printed RUD. RASMUSSENS/SNEDKERIER/45 NØRREBROGADE/KØBENHAVN, and architect's monogrammed paper label.
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Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Kaare Klint, under the alias ‘Christmas 1934’, presented four different furniture designs for a competition celebrating the 475th anniversary of the Copenhagen Saddlemakers’ and Upholsterers’ Guild. Klint’s fourth design was the present model, which he then later presented at the 'Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild', held for the first time at the Kunstindustrimuseet, in 1937.
Phillips wishes to thank Mette J. Dederding from Rud. Rasmussen for her assistance with the cataloguing of the present lot.
Phillips wishes to thank Mette J. Dederding from Rud. Rasmussen for her assistance with the cataloguing of the present lot.
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