Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the kjaerholm production you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of
metal,
animal skin and
steel, every kjaerholm production was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a kjaerholm production, we have 175 options in-stock, while there are 2 modern editions to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a kjaerholm production — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A kjaerholm production made by
Scandinavian Modern designers — as well as those associated with
mid-century modern — is very popular. A well-made kjaerholm production has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by
Poul Kjærholm,
E. Kold Christensen and
Fritz Hansen are consistently popular.
Prices for a kjaerholm production can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $950 and can go as high as $400,000, while the average can fetch as much as $6,086.
A trained cabinetmaker, Poul Kjærholm’s use of industrial methods and materials in the 1960s brought a fresh, graceful, sleek new style to Danish modern design.
At what is now the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, Kjærholm studied under Hans Wegner and Jørn Utzon — an industrial designer and the architect of the celebrated Sydney Opera House. The latter greatly influenced Kjærholm’s furniture production techniques — although he employed natural materials such as cane and leather, to a far greater extent than his peers Kjærholm embraced the use of steel (rather than wood) framing for his chairs, daybeds and tables.
Kjærholm’s signal design was the PK22 chair of 1956, a low-slung leather lounger on a steel base. The ideas introduced in the PK22 — Kjærholm’s designs were named using a numeric system devised with his manufacturer, E. Kold Christensen — were refined throughout his career, as the offerings below show: the PK11 chair of 1957, with back and armrests formed by a semicircle of ash; the capacious, richly patinated leather seat of a vintage 1961 PK9 chair; the elegant rattan swoop of the PK 24 chaise longue (1965). The chaise longue's leather headrest, held in place by a steel counterweight, best shows Kjærholm's particular gift for combining technological advancements with a respect for traditional detailing.
While respectful of the past, Poul Kjærholm's sensibility is one of optimism and expectation. His was design for those who lived with verve and élan, and confidently anticipated the future.
Find a collection of vintage Poul Kjærholm furniture on 1stDibs.