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Ejner Larsen & Aksel Bender Madsen

(Denmark, 1917-1987 and 1916-2000)
Estimate
25 000 - 30 000 SEK
2 410 - 2 890 EUR
2 760 - 3 320 USD
Hammer price
20 000 SEK
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Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Karl Green
Stockholm
Karl Green
Specialist Modern and Contemporary Decorative Art & Design
+46 (0)700 07 94 25
Ejner Larsen & Aksel Bender Madsen
(Denmark, 1917-1987 and 1916-2000)

A "Metropolitan" chair, Fritz Hansen, Denmark, 1950s.

Beech leg frame, backrest and armrests in moulded plywood veneered with teak. Height 78 cm, width 73 cm, seat height 42 cm.

Minor wear.

Literature

Grete Jalk (ed.), "Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar", Teknologisk Institut, vol. IV, 1957-66, compare pp. 76-81.

More information

Designed in 1949. The chair got its name after being exhibited at the highly influential exhibition The Arts of Denmark at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts in New York in 1960.