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Kaare Klint
'Easy' chair, model no. 5313
- Estimate
- £12,000 - 18,000
£11,250
Lot Details
Niger leather, Cuban mahogany.
designed 1934, executed 1948
81.6 x 69.9 x 71.8 cm (32 1/8 x 27 1/2 x 28 1/4 in.)
Executed by cabinetmakers Rud. Rasmussen A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark. Underside with manufacturer’s paper label RUD. RASMUSSENS/SNEDKERIER/45 NØRREBROGADE/KØBENHAVN handwritten serial number 19085 and architect's monogrammed paper label.
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Catalogue Essay
Under the alias ‘Christmas 1934’, Kaare Klint presented four different designs for a competition to celebrate 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 Ann-Marie Siersted from Rud. Rasmussen for her assistance with the cataloguing of the present lot.
Phillips wishes to thank Ann-Marie Siersted from Rud. Rasmussen for her assistance with the cataloguing of the present lot.
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