Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
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.
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Upholstery, Teak
Early 2000s Danish Mid-Century Modern Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Wood, Fabric
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Leather, Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood
20th Century Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Leather, Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Cane, Oak, Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Cotton, Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Leather, Teak
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Leather, Teak
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Wood, Fabric
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Leather, Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Leather, Foam, Wood, Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Leather, Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Upholstery, Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Leather, Teak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Upholstery, Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Wool, Teak
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Upholstery, Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Leather, Rosewood
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Brass
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Wool, Wood
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Bouclé, Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Rosewood
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Oak, Teak
2010s Danish Modern Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Walnut
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Leather, Teak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Brass
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Wood, Teak, Upholstery
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Teak
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Leather, Ash
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Leather, Teak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Sheepskin, Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Leather, Wood
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Upholstery, Wood
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wool, Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Rosewood
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Leather, Wood
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Upholstery, Teak
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Finn Juhl Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood