Group of “Fireplace Chairs” with Footstool by Tove & Edvard Kindt-Larsen

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Group of “Fireplace Chairs” with Footstool by Tove & Edvard Kindt-Larsen

About the Item

Group of “Fireplace Chairs” with Footstool by Tove & Edvard Kindt-Larsen. About the chair: This important chair, created to sit in a den in front of an open fireplace, was first exhibited at the Copenhagen Cabinetmaker’s Guild Exhibition in 1939 where it was immediately hailed as a masterpiece of modern design. It was a structural innovation, and its method of design has been repeatedly adapted by other designers ever since. The separation of the upholstered seat from the wooden frame, the distinctive x-shaped cross bar under the seat and the unique shape of the top of the arm, set this chair aside from anything that had come before. Contemporary reviews raved that it “had everything that one would expect from a design winning first prize in a design competition”, and that “the cooperation between architects and cabinetmaker is more successful here than anywhere else.” The Fireplace Chair is in the permanent collection of the Danish Museum of Art and Design, Copenhagen. About the Kindt-Larsens: Edward and Tove Kindt-Larsen were a Danish husband and wife team who worked together beginning in 1937, when they opened their own office in Copenhagen. Both studied under Kaare Klint at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. During the course of their long careers, they received numerous prizes, honors and medals for their work. Literature Erik Zahle, Scandinavian Domestic Design, London, 1963, p. 89, illustrated. Grete Jalk, ed., 40 Years of Danish Furniture Design: The Copenhagen Cabinet-makers’ Guild Exhibitions 1927-1966, Copenhagen, 1987, vol. 1I, 1937-1946, pp. 108-110, illustrated pp. 109 and 110. Arne Carlsen and Christian Ejlers, Dansk Møbel Kunst, Aarhus, 1990, pp. 146-147, illustrated. Noritsugu Oda, Danish Chairs, Japan, 1996, pp. 44-45, illustrated. Bodil Busk Laursen, Søren Matz, Christian Holmsted Olesen, eds., catalogue of the exhibition, Mesterværker – 100 års møbelsnedkeri, Kronborg, Helsingør, October 13-December 3, 2000, English summary, p. 4, illustrated, design sketch for the chair illustrated p. 78.

Creator:
Tove & Edvard Kindt-Larsen (Designer),Gustav Bertelsen (Cabinetmaker)
Dimensions:
Height: 31.5 in (80.01 cm)Width: 27.63 in (70.19 cm)Depth: 29.5 in (74.93 cm)Seat Height: 13.38 in (33.99 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 3
Style:
Scandinavian Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Leather,Teak,Patinated
Place of Origin:
Denmark
Period:
1930-1939
Date of Manufacture:
1940s
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. The black leather upholstery has a beautiful patination and is in superb original condition.
Seller Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU105503574082

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Tove & Edvard Kindt-Larsen

Together, Tove & Edvard Kindt-Larsen helped usher in the golden era of Scandinavian modern furniture design through their significant involvement with the Cabinetmakers’ Guild Exhibitions from the 1930s through the ’70s.

Married in 1937, Tove and Edvard Kindt-Larsen (1906–94; 1901–82) etched out names for themselves independently and as a pair. Tove was one of the first female designers to come to the fore during Denmark’s rise in furniture production. She studied under the legendary Kaare Klint at the Department of Furniture Design at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts years after she started working in the industry.

Edvard received great recognition for his large hotel project by the lakes in Copenhagen and his house in Klampenborg, which he designed in 1962. Edvard was awarded the Eckersberg Medal from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1949 for his work as an architect.

While both were skilled designers — the couple’s coffee tables, armchairs and other pieces for France & Søn, Seffle Möbelfabrik and more are widely collected today — Edvard and Tove’s greatest contribution is undoubtedly their involvement with the Cabinetmakers’ Guild Exhibitions. The shows they assembled were integral to putting Danish design on the map, with Edvard serving as head of the exhibitions from 1943 to ’66. During this period, mid-century Danish design truly took off in the United States — when Scandinavia’s simple, curvilinear wooden furniture, home goods and textiles suddenly seemed the perfect foil for glass-and-steel skyscrapers.

Together, the pair organized events that ignited collaborations between big-name Danish designers such as Hans J. Wegner and Johannes Hansen, Finn Juhl and Niels Vodder, Ole Wanscher and A.J. Iversen, Jacob Kjær and Peder Moos, and more.

The guild provided a platform for the designers to showcase their now-iconic works, including Wegner’s Round chair, the rustic and recognizable Hunting chair and Spanish chair — both created by Børge Mogensen — and Finn Juhl’s Chieftain chair, 46 chair and 46 sofa.

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