Pair of Jens Risom Lounge Chairs
About the Item
- Creator:Jens Risom (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 33 in (83.82 cm)Width: 30 in (76.2 cm)Depth: 32 in (81.28 cm)Seat Height: 15 in (38.1 cm)
- Sold As:Set of 2
- Materials and Techniques:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1960's
- Condition:Refinished. Reupholstered. Wear consistent with age and use. Refinished. Reupholstered. Older crack in frame that was repaired and stable as shown in photo.
- Seller Location:Dallas, TX
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU851838418182
Jens Risom
The Danish-born Jens Risom brought the Scandinavian modern design sensibility to a wide audience in the United States. As the first designer for Knoll Inc., Risom introduced American buyers to the region’s enduring design values of simplicity, grace and craftsmanship.
Risom trained in furniture making at the Copenhagen School of Industrial Arts and Design under Ole Wanscher, alongside classmates Hans Wegner and Børge Mogensen. In 1939, a year after graduating from business school, Risom decided to move to the U.S.
While working for an interior designer in New York in 1941, he met Hans Knoll, and the businessman and the designer hit it off. They brought out their first line the next year, despite wartime materials restrictions. The signature piece — now a design icon — was a lounge chair with a striking, undulant birch frame and a seat made of webbed sub-military grade parachute straps. Risom was drafted into the army, and served as a translator under General George Patton. When he returned from the war, Risom clashed over furniture design ideals with his business partner’s new bride, Florence Knoll, the pioneering mid-century modernist who was schooled in the Bauhaus method, which favored furniture with strict, geometric metal frames. Risom then started his own company, Jens Risom Design.
In the course of his long career, Risom developed a stylistic vocabulary that was a reflection of the life of the man himself: his furniture has Danish warmth coupled with an American air of crisp efficiency. Vintage Risom chairs are almost instantly recognizable — the arms and seat backs are set at a distinctive angle that seems to invite people to sit back and relax, yet they know they can hop up in an instant, ready to go.
As you will see on these pages, Jens Risom is one of the great men of American modern design who made furniture that is unique and timeless.
Find a collection of vintage Jens Risom furniture on 1stDibs that includes lounge chairs, desks, coffee tables and more.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Dallas, TX
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 3 days of delivery.
- Jens Risom Large Lounge ChairBy Jens RisomLocated in Dallas, TXA rare lounge chair designed by Jens Risom for Risom Designs, Inc. Beautifully restored with refinished walnut base and upholstered in Holly Hunt fabric.Category
Vintage 1950s Lounge Chairs
MaterialsWalnut
- Lounge Chair by Jens RisomBy Jens RisomLocated in Dallas, TXA large scale lounge chair on walnut base. Designed by Jens Risom. Fully restored and reupholstered.Category
Vintage 1950s Lounge Chairs
MaterialsWalnut
- Pair of Dunbar Lounge ChairsBy Edward WormleyLocated in Dallas, TXA pair of Dunbar lounge chairs designed by Edward Wormley.Category
Vintage 1950s Lounge Chairs
- Jens Risom Armless SofaBy Jens RisomLocated in Dallas, TXAn early Jens Risom armless sofa with maple frame. Older restoration in Knoll boucle.Category
Vintage 1950s Sofas
MaterialsMaple
- Daybed by Jens RisomBy Jens RisomLocated in Dallas, TXA Jens Risom daybed with walnut frame and steel glides. Fully restored.Category
Vintage 1960s Daybeds
MaterialsWalnut
- Pair of Lounge Chairs by Sabena of MexicoLocated in Dallas, TXA pair of hefty solid wood lounge chairs with iron frames by Sabena of Mexico.Category
Vintage 1950s Lounge Chairs
MaterialsWood
- Pair of Jens Risom Lounge ChairsBy Jens RisomLocated in North Miami, FLStylish and comfortable, these meticulously restored pair of American mid-century modern lounge chairs by Jens Risom have new silver boucle upholstery on walnut bases. Originally bor...Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
MaterialsUpholstery, Walnut
- Jens Risom for Jens Risom Design Inc. Pair of Swivel Lounge ChairsBy Jens RisomLocated in Waalwijk, NLJens Risom for Jens Risom Design, pair of swivel lounge chairs, teak, fabric, United States, 1960s. This extraordinary pair of lounge chair is designed by Danish designer Jens Risom...Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Swivel Chairs
MaterialsMetal
- Jens Risom Lounge ChairsBy Jens RisomLocated in Atlanta, GAClean lined lounge chairs, designed by Jens Risom, American, circa 1960s. Risom's designs always give a nod to Danish modern design, and these chairs are no exception. They have clea...Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
MaterialsUpholstery, Walnut
- Jens Risom Lounge ChairBy Jens RisomLocated in New York, NYJens Risom lounge chair. Newly upholstered in a linen-blend fabric with a black lacquered base.Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
MaterialsLinen, Wood
- Jens Risom Upholstered Lounge ChairBy Jens RisomLocated in St.Petersburg, FLA comfortable and stylish Jens Risom upholstered armchair, circa 1950s. Rare design with original early label still intact.Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
MaterialsUpholstery
- Pair of Vintage Midcentury Restored Jens Risom Lounge ChairsBy Jens RisomLocated in Pasadena, TXJens Risom`s 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...Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
MaterialsCowhide, Walnut
