Vintage Scandinavian teak safari sling armchair with black leather cushions, 1970s / Vintage teakhouten safari fauteuil met tuigleren armleuningen. Tussen het teakhouten frame is de canvas zitting opgespannen met daarin twee zwart leren kussens. De tuigleren armleuningen zijn vastgezet met messing ringen. De ontwerper is bij ons onbekend, maar het design heeft raakvlakken met de “Hunter” fauteuil van Torbjorn Afdal en de sling fauteuil van Maurice Burke.
Conditie: goede vintage conditie. De leren kussens zijn voorzien van nieuwe knopen. Lichte verkleuring van het canvas.
Afmetingen: breed 66 cm, diep 69 cm, hoogte 69 cm, zithoogte ca. 30 cm.
Code: F2016
Vintage Scandinavian teak safari armchair with saddle leather armrests. The canvas seat is stretched between the teak frame and contains two black leather cushions. The harness leather armrests are secured with brass rings. The designer is unknown to us, but the design has common ground with the “Hunter” armchair by Torbjorn Afdal and the sling armchair by Maurice Burke. Good vintage condition. The leather cushions have new buttons. Slight discoloration of the canvas
Vintage leather easy chair, model 103, designed by Illum Wikkelsø (1919-1999) and produced by A/S Mikael Laursen, Denmark 1960s.
Illum Wikkelsø (1919-1999) trained as a carpenter and later studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen. He first worked for the Danish cabinetmaker Jacob Kjær and the architects Peter Hvidt and Orla Mølgaard until 1954, when he opened his studio on the outskirts of Aarhus. Here he designed exceptionally simple and elegant seating furniture with great functionality, which are now considered classics of Danish furniture design. The style of his work ranges from the classicism of Kaare Klint to the soft organic craftsmanship of Arne Jacobsen.