A pair of Hans Wegner walnut 'Cowhorn chairs' JH-505, executed by Johannes Hansen, Denmark 1950-60.
The backrests with joints of palisander, seats with fretted rattan, metal labels.
David Westman, arbetade på KFs annonsbyrå Svea. På 1960-talet var Svea Sveriges största annonsbyrå med 120 anställda.
Westman var mycket road av form och design och köpte dessa till sitt eget boende.
Johan Møller Nielson, 'Wegner en Dansk Møbelkunstner', Copenhagen 1965, p 76.
Grete Jalk (ed), 'Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar', vol III: 1947-1956, Copenhagen 1987, p 213.
Jens Bernsen, 'Hans J Wegner: om Design', catalogue, Dansk Design Center, Copenhagen 1995, p 75.
Christian Holmsted Olesen, 'Wegner: just one good chair', Design Museum Denmark, Copenhagen 2014, p 136.
The model was designed in 1952.
Cites certificate, valid within the EU included.
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materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory, tortoiseshell and palisander.
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