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Jens Risom Lounge Chair

Jens Risom Black Leather Lounge Chair

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Beautifully restored mid century modern Jens Risom lounge chair with new full grain black leather upholstery. The sleek design shows strong influence from Risom’s native Denmark. View from the side, back or front to admire it’s architectural profile. Comfort is not sacrificed, the chair has new cushion foam and sits at an angle to enhance a lounge feel.

About Jens Risom:

Widely considered to be a pioneer in introducing Danish modern furniture to the United States through early work with the Knoll company and to a greater extent through his own company, which thrived in the 1950s and ’60s.

Risom emigrated from Denmark to the States in 1939 seeking an opportunity in furniture design but found that to be elusive. At 23, he had already attended business school, studied at Copenhagen’s School for Arts and Crafts and designed furniture for Kaare Klint and architect Ernst Kuhn.

His U.S. breakthrough came when he met Hans Knoll, a German immigrant whose family had been in the furniture trade back home. Knoll knew sales but not design, so he and Risom made a balanced team. Their first task was to tour the country to survey the landscape, visit with architects and generally assess the potential market for a line of modern furniture.

The result was Knoll’s first catalog, which contained a majority of furniture designed by Risom. Among his enduring pieces from that era is the Jens Risom Lounge Chair, marked by distinctive and much-copied webbing made from surplus parachute straps, one of the few materials available during the scarcity of World War II. The chair is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

26.5" Wide x 30" Deep x 30" High16.5" Seat Height
New leather black leather upholstery and cushion foam.

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