1960s Pair of Vintage Restored Mid Century Jens Risom Style Lounge Chairs in Cowhide

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These chairs were done in the style of the late great designer Jens Risom. His career has spanned nearly sixty … Read more These chairs were done in the style of the late great designer Jens Risom. His career has spanned nearly sixty years. He began his study of design in the Copenhagen workshop of Kaare Klint in 1935 and joined Ernst Kuhn`s architectural office in 1938, where he designed furniture and interiors. In 1939, Risom emigrated to the U.S. and in 1941 designed the first chair manufactured by Knoll. Risom described the chair as "very basic, very simple, inexpensive, easy to make." The chair was constructed with a birch wood frame and, because of wartime materials constraints, cheap but strong army surplus webbing and has inspired countless imitations.

Pair of vintage midcentury Jens Risom style lounge chairs
1950s design
Walnut frame
Fully restored and reupholstered in cowhide.
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