Finn Juhl Fireplace chair
By Finn Juhl, Bovirke
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Finn Juhl 'Fireplace' chair designed 1946 and executed at cabinetmaker Bovirke, Denmark. Frame of
Fabric, Teak
$13,561
H 32.29 in W 25.79 in D 29.14 in
Rare Finn Juhl Model BO59 Fireplace Chair, Bovirke, Denmark, 1950s
By Finn Juhl
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
A rare Finn Juhl Fireplace Chair with original fabric. Model BO59, produced by Bovirke in Denmark
Fabric, Wood
Finn Juhl Fireplace Chair, BO-59
By Bovirke, Finn Juhl
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Finn Juhl fireplace lounge chair with frame of solid teak. Upholstery of patinated NIger goat
Teak, Leather
Finn Juhl "Fireplace Chair", Bovirke
By Finn Juhl
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Finn Juhl teak easy chair, model BO46 with cross bars under seat. Frame of solid, original
Teak, Fabric
Finn Juhl 'Fireplace Chair' for Bovirke
By Finn Juhl, Bovirke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed in 1946 by Finn Juhl for Bovirke, the Model BO-59 lounge chair is a rare design is equally
Linen, Teak
Finn Juhl 'Fireplace Chair' for Bovirke
By Finn Juhl, Bovirke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed in 1946 by Finn Juhl for Bovirke, the Model BO-59 lounge chair is a rare design equally
Teak, Upholstery
Pair of Finn Juhl 'Fireplace Chairs' for Bovirke
By Bovirke, Finn Juhl
Located in Copenhagen, DK
A pair of elegant Finn Juhl teak easy chairs with cross bars under seat. Frame of teak and new
Finn Juhl "Fireplace" Teak Danish Lounge Chair, circa 1950s
By Finn Juhl, Bovirke
Located in Peabody, MA
A “fireplace chair” in teak, model BO59, designed in 1946 by Finn Juhl for Bovirke Furniture of
Upholstery, Teak
Finn Juhl Easy Chair for Bovirke
By Finn Juhl
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Finn Juhl fireplace chair with frame of patinated beech and inlays of Rosewood. Upholstered
Beech, Rosewood, Fabric
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H 32.29 in W 25.6 in D 30.71 in
Finn Juhl, Pair of "Fireplace" Chairs, Model BO-59 for Bovirke, Denmark
By Finn Juhl
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Finn Juhl for Bovirke, Denmark. A pair of model BO-59 "Fireplace" chairs designed circa 1954 and
Teak
BO 59 Easy Chair by Finn Juhl
By Finn Juhl
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Finn Juhl BO 59 - Fireplace chair with frame in mahogany. Upholstered with Fiord 961/991. Designed
Mahogany
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H 32.29 in W 23.23 in D 25.99 in
Finn Juhl, Pair of Fireplace Chairs, model BO59, by Bovirke, designed 1946
By Bovirke, Finn Juhl
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Finn Juhl, Pair of Fireplace Chairs, model BO59, by Bovirke, designed 1946 This iconic design is
Upholstery, Teak
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H 32.29 in W 25.6 in D 26.38 in
Finn Juhl, Pair of Teak Fireplace Chairs, Model BO59, Bovirke, Denmark, 1946
By Bovirke, Finn Juhl
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
A rare pair of easy chairs, model BO59, designed by Finn Juhl and manufactured by Bovirke, Denmark
Teak
Pair of BO 59 Fireplace Chairs by Finn Juhl
By Bovirke
Located in Copenhagen, DK
BO 59 - Pair of fireplace chairs in solid teak, upholstered with light and green wool. Designed in
Teak
Pair of Finn Juhl Fireplace Chairs
By Bovirke, Finn Juhl
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Finn Juhl Fireplace Chair A pair of teak easy chairs. Button fitted back and loose seat
Fabric, Teak
Pair of Finn Juhl Fireplace Lounge Chairs
By Finn Juhl
Located in Loves Park, IL
A pair of "Fireplace" lounge chairs designed by Finn Juhl for Bovirke, circa 1946. Both chairs have
Leather, Linen
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H 32.68 in W 25.6 in D 31.11 in
Finn Juhl "Fireplace chair" Model BO-59 for Borvirke, Denmark, 1946
By Bovirke, Finn Juhl
Located in Woudrichem, NL
Finn Juhl BO-59 beechwood lounge chair or "Westernmanns Kamin" -Westerman's Fireplace Chair
Leather, Beech
Pair of Modern Walnut Side Tables
By Theodore Alexander
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Pacific walnut side table, the square top with rounded corners and a reeded edge above a similar under tier, on bobbin turned legs. Dimensions: 26" W x 26" D x 28.5" H.
Wood
$14,500 / set
H 30 in W 31.5 in D 33 in
Pair of 1940's Style Classic Club or Lounge Chairs in Amber Color Shearling
By Fritz Hansen
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Beautiful exuberant pair of new Danish modern lounge chairs of our own design. The design is inspired by the classic designs from the 1940s but with our own design variations and up-...
Sheepskin, Beech
Custom Made Oak and Velvet Bench by Kai Kristiansen
Located in London, England
Bench designed by Danish master Kai Kristiansen in the 1950s and now produced under license by Dagmar. Hand-made to order, this upholstered bench has a fumed and oiled oak frame. Th...
Mohair, Oak
$34,000
H 26.5 in W 92.75 in D 32 in
Warren Platner Walnut and Leather Floating Case Sofa for Lehigh Leopold, c. 1970
By Warren Platner, Lehigh Leopold
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exceptionally rare and highly sought-after collectors piece (with celebrity provenance) is a Warren Platner Executive Leather Case Sofa designed for Lehigh Leopold in circa 1970...
Chrome
Early Marco Zanuso Lady Chair, Italy, 1960s, New Pure Mohair
By Marco Zanuso
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
An early, authentic Marco Zanuso lady chair, Arflex, Italy, 1960s. Newly reupholstered in a luxurious, premium, burnt orange / rust coloured 100% mohair fabric. Brass feet with nat...
Brass
Ondamarmo Vulcano Onyx Matte Polished Side Table
Located in AVENZA CARRARA, IT
The Ondamarmo series by Federica Elmo includes 6 objects: The extra large dining table, two smaller size tables, three shelves, and a tray designed as an evolution of the shapes of t...
Onyx
$8,223
H 33.86 in W 70.87 in D 26.78 in
Midcentury Modern Rare Carl Malmsten Velvet "Samsas" Sofa Sweden, 1960s
By O.H. Sjögren, Carl Malmsten
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
This midcentury icon sofa was designed by Carl Malmsten and this one was produced by O.H Sjögren. The sofa has a rare fabric in shifting red/pink velvet. It’s in good vintage conditi...
Velvet, Birch
Carl Malmsten Vintage Samspel Sofa in Mohair Velvet 1950s
By Carl Malmsten
Located in London, England
Carl Malmsten - Samspel Sofa, 1956 Malmsten's iconic curved sofa was designed in 1956 and produced by Swedish cabinetmakers AB Record in Bollnas. It is considered one the finest exa...
Mohair, Velvet, Beech
$5,695 / set
H 28.35 in W 35.44 in D 25.6 in
An Original Dondolo Rocking Chair by Luigi Crassevig, Italy, 1970s
By Luigi Crassevig
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
An original Dondolo rocking chair by Luigi Crassevig, Italy, 1970s. Bentwood and original cane. We only have a single chair available. The price is for the single chair. Fast ...
Cane, Wood
$1,879 / item
H 33.47 in W 24.41 in D 29.53 in
Ole Wanscher Lounge Chairs, Model PJ112, Cognac Aniline Leather
By Ole Wanscher, Poul Jeppesen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Ole Wanscher lounge chairs new upholstered in vintage cognac aniline leather. Made of massive oiled mahogany. Model PJ 112, made by Poul Jeppesen.
Leather, Mahogany
Custom Made Model 54 Mohair Velvet Lounge Chair
Located in London, England
Dagmar Design Model 54 lounge chair A custom made lounge chair developed and hand-made using the highest quality materials. The 54 chair is a contemporary update of an obscure desi...
Sheepskin, Beech
2 parts sofa in stainless steel by Studio Glustin
By Glustin Creation
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
2 parts sofa in stainless steel with seating upholstered with a fabric by Dédar. Creation by Studio Glustin. France, 2023.
Stainless Steel
$23,732 / set
H 28.75 in W 31.5 in D 34.65 in
Mario Bellini Le Bambole Modular Sofa, Upholstered in Alpaca, B&B Italia, 1970s
By B&B Italia, Mario Bellini
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
A Mario Bellini Le Bambole five piece modular sofa / chair set, produced by B&B Italia, Italy in the 1970s, newly upholstered in luxurious 100% alpaca. The pieces without arms each...
Alpaca
Finn Juhl, Rare Sofa, Walnut, Fabric, United States, 1951
By Baker Furniture Company, Finn Juhl
Located in High Point, NC
A rare fabric and walnut sofa designed by Finn Juhl and produced by Baker, USA, 1950s. Fully restored, pre-restoration images available upon request. Overall Dimensions (inches): 4...
Fabric, Walnut
$7,988
H 29.53 in W 24.02 in D 25.2 in
Danish Modern Teak and Brown Leather Loungechair by Finn Juhl for France and Son
By France & Søn, Finn Juhl
Located in Vienna, AT
This excellent and comfortable Scandinavian Modern lounge chair model number FD 136 was designed by Finn Juhl for France & Son, Denmark 1960s. It features a curved backrest and and s...
Leather, Teak
$10,849
H 28.55 in Dm 25.79 in
Luigi Massoni Dilly Dally Vanity Table and Chair, Poltrona Frau, Italy, 1960s
By Luigi Massoni, Poltrona Frau
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
A rare Italian "Dilly Dally" vanity by Luigi Massoni and manufactured by Poltrona Frau Italy in the 1960s. Newly upholstered in off white leatherette. Modular vanity fully upholstere...
Faux Leather
Along with Hans Wegner, Arne Jacobsen and Børge Mogensen, Finn Juhl was one of the great masters of mid-20th-century Danish design. Juhl was the first among that group to have his work promoted overseas, bringing the character of the nation’s furnishings — and the inherent principles of grace, craftsmanship and utility on which they were based — to an international audience.
A stylistic maverick, Juhl embraced expressive, free-flowing shapes in chair, credenzas and sofa designs much earlier than his colleagues, yet even his quietest pieces incorporate supple, curving forms that are at once elegant and ergonomic.
As a young man, Juhl hoped to become an art historian, but his father steered him into a more practical course of study in architecture. He began designing furniture in the late 1930s, a discipline in which, despite his education, Juhl was self-taught, and quite proud of the fact.
Juhl’s earliest works, designed in the late 1930s, are perhaps his most idiosyncratic. The influence of modern art is clear in his 1939 Pelican chair: an almost Surrealist take on the classic wing chair. Critics reviled the piece, however; one said it looked like a "tired walrus." Juhl had tempered his creativity by 1945, when the workshop of Danish cabinetmaker Niels Vodder began to issue his designs. Yet Juhl’s now-classic NV 45 armchair still demonstrates panache, with a seat that floats above the chair’s teak frame.
Juhl first exhibited his work in the United States in 1950, championed by Edgar Kaufmann Jr., an influential design critic and scion of America’s most prominent family of modern architecture and design patrons. (Kaufmann’s father commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright’s design of the house “Fallingwater.”)
Juhl quickly won a following for such signature designs as the supremely comfortable Chieftan lounge chair, the Judas table — a piece ornamented with stylish inlaid silver plaquettes — and the biomorphic Baker sofa. After an article authored by Kaufmann on Juhl and his work appeared in the U.S.-based magazine Interiors in 1948, he began receiving American commissions.
Kaufmann commissioned Juhl to create the exhibition design for, and contribute pieces to, the 1951 edition of the Good Design shows he organized for MoMA and Chicago’s Merchandise Mart. Baker Furniture asked Juhl to design for the firm, and he produced a collection of chairs, tables and cabinets, and, later, the 1957 sofa.
Scandinavian modernist seating, such as the chairs and sofas Juhl created for Baker, became immensely popular in postwar America, as the seeds of the Scandinavian style that Juhl sowed took root and spread in the United States. Juhl and his work featured prominently in the landmark show “Design from Scandinavia,” which opened in 1954 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and traveled to 24 museums in the U.S. and Canada; over three years, it was seen by more than a million people.
Juhl’s furniture — as well as his ceramics, tableware and accessories — has an air of relaxed sophistication and elegance that is unique in the realm of mid-century design.
Find vintage Finn Juhl armchairs, coffee tables, desks and other furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
While this specific seating is known to all for its comfort and familiar form, the history of how your favorite antique or vintage lounge chair came to be is slightly more ambiguous.
Although there are rare armchairs dating back as far as the 17th century, some believe that the origins of the first official “lounge chair” are tied to Hungarian modernist designer-architect Marcel Breuer. Sure, Breuer wasn’t exactly reinventing the wheel when he introduced the Wassily lounge chair in 1925, but his seat was indeed revolutionary for its integration of bent tubular steel.
Officially, a lounge chair is simply defined as a “comfortable armchair,” which allows for the shape and material of the furnishings to be extremely diverse. Whether or not chaise longues make the cut for this category is a matter of frequent debate.
The Eames lounge chair, on the other hand, has come to define somewhat of a universal perception of what a lounge chair can be. Introduced in 1956, the Eames lounger (and its partner in cozy, the ottoman) quickly became staples in television shows, prestigious office buildings and sumptuous living rooms. Venerable American mid-century modern designers Charles and Ray Eames intended for it to be the peak of luxury, which they knew meant taking furniture to the next level of style and comfort. Their chair inspired many modern interpretations of the lounge — as well as numerous copies.
On 1stDibs, find a broad range of unique lounge chairs that includes everything from antique Victorian-era seating to vintage mid-century modern lounge chairs by craftspersons such as Hans Wegner to contemporary choices from today’s innovative designers.