The 'Scimitar' chair acquired much attention when first exhibited at the Copenhagen Museum of Industrial Arts in 1963. Its singular base, which resembles a 'Scimitar' was inspired by Jørgen Kastholm’s experience of Lebanon in the early 1960s. It was a sophisticated procedure to manufacture the chair, which involved pouring liquid metal into three moulds, a process which different manufacturers attempted, but were unable to execute. In 1963 the assignment to produce the 'Scimitar' chair for the Copenhagen Museum of Industrial Arts exhibition was given to the manufacturer Ivan Schlechter, who successfully created the chair.