Juhl Nyhavn
2010s Danish Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Steel
2010s Danish Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Steel
People Also Browsed
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Textile
2010s American Modern Stools
Oak
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Vintage 1970s French Space Age Architectural Elements
Metal, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Bookcases
Teak
2010s Italian Modern Vases
Marble
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Aluminum
Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Stools
Metal
Vintage 1970s French Organic Modern Sofas
Leather, Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tables
Carrara Marble
2010s American Modern Floor Lamps
Copper
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools
Wood, Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Plastic
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Murano Glass
Recent Sales
2010s Danish Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Steel
2010s Danish Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Steel
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Metal, Brass
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Teak
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Teak
20th Century Danish Modern Chairs
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
20th Century Danish Wall-mounted Sculptures
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Metal
2010s Danish Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Steel
Vintage 1940s Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Steel
20th Century Danish Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Steel
Juhl Nyhavn For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much is a Juhl Nyhavn?
Finn Juhl for sale on 1stDibs
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 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. His earliest works, designed in the late 1930s, are perhaps his most idiosyncratic. The influence of contemporary art is clear in Juhl's 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 Danish furniture-making firm Niels Vodder began to issue his designs. Yet his 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 biomorphic Baker sofa, and the Judas table, a piece ornamented with stylish inlaid silver plaquettes.
As you will see from the offerings on 1stDibs, Finn Juhl’s furniture — as well as his lighting, ceramics, tableware and accessories — has an air of relaxed sophistication and elegance that is unique in the realm of mid-20th-century design.