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Period: 1950s
Creator: Jens Risom
Jens Risom C-120 Armchair
By Jens Risom
Located in Brooklyn, NY
For your consideration is this handsome 1950's model C-120 Jens Risom armchair in exceptional all-original condition. The chair features an exposed, solid walnut frame with an elegan...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Jens Risom C180 Walnut and Upholstered Armchairs
By Jens Risom
Located in Garnerville, NY
An excellent pair of Jens Risom designed C180 upholstered and walnut armchairs. Also know as 1109 after 1961. Risom was an instrumental part of revolutionizing the look of American l...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Pair of "Playboy" Armchairs, Model C140, by Jens Risom
By Jens Risom
Located in Dorchester, MA
Created by Jens Risom as model C140, these handsome armchairs take their name from a 1961 Playboy Magazine photoshoot of the furniture designer among other mid-century icons. The pai...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Armchairs
Materials
Textile, Walnut
Jens Risom Teak Wood Arm Chair In Black Striped Chenille
By Jens Risom
Located in Chicago, IL
Danish Modern style teak wood arm chair in black striped chenille upholstery. Single Danish teak wood arm chair has a thick sloping seat and a form fitting back cushion. Angular and ...
Category
Danish Vintage 1950s Armchairs
Materials
Teak
Pair Jens Risom Playboy chairs
By Jens Risom
Located in New York, NY
A pair Jens Risom walnut armchairs model C140 Playboy chairs. Iconic Mad Men era chairs. All original in very good condition. This is a great set of ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Jens Risom Rosewood Mid-Century Modern Blue Fabric Lounge Chairs Armchairs, Pair
By Jens Risom
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of Jens Risom Rosewood Mid-Century Modern blue fabric armchairs. Item features solid rosewood frame, beautiful wood grain, clean modernist lines, and sleek sculptural form, circ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Rosewood
Two Restored Jens Risom Side Armchairs
By Jens Risom
Located in Pasadena, TX
Pair of vintage side armchairs set.
New upholstery in gray microfiber
Tufted back detail
Wood frame and legs.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Armchairs
Materials
Oak
Pair of Jens Risom Walnut Lounge Chairs
By Jens Risom
Located in Pasadena, TX
Jens Risom
Jens Risom emigrated from Europe to the U.S. when he was just 23 years of age. Like other Scandinavian designers such as Josef Frank and Kaare Klint, Risom continued to h...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Jens Risom Model 108 Walnut Side Chairs
By Jens Risom
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Poised, elegant pair of 1950s walnut armchairs, model 108 designed by Jens Risom. This scarce pair is newly upholstered in a luxurious, earthy sage leather, ...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Armchairs
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Mid-Century Vintage Jens Risom Knoll Webbed Armchair
By Knoll, Jens Risom
Located in Baltimore, MD
A stunning iconic cotton strap, webbed, lounge, armchair, 652W design (1943) early edition, designed by Jens Risom for Knoll International. Features a solid maple frame with original woven cotton straps. It is one of the most comfortable pieces you will sit in, the exquisite curved back provides lumbar support making this chair as comfortable as it is beautiful. The removable webbed, basket seat, shell is supported and rests on the arm frame base. Very Rare Vintage Modern Classic design. An iconic piece of furniture, this example has remained in a single collection since it was acquired by the prior owner from Knoll International and the original early label remains affixed beneath. (Knoll Associates Inc. 601 Madison Ave New York 22). This label has the earliest Knoll Associates showroom address, which opened in 1946.
Measurements: 24.5 ” tall x 24? wide x 30? deep x seat height 18? (arm height 21") (seat to the lowest point 11")
Jens Risom
Danish-American architect-designer Jens Risom was born in Copenhagen in 1916, the son of a nationally renowned architect of the Nordic Classicism style. Between 1935 and 1938, he trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts under Ole Wanscher and Kaare Klint, alongside classmates Hans Wegner and Børge Mogensen. For a short time following his studies, he took on furniture and interior designer projects for the Copenhagen-based architectural firm Ernst Kuhn. He then moved briefly to Stockholm, where he worked for Nordiska Kompaniet and met Alvar Aalto and Bruno Mathsson. Around 1939, he immigrated to New York with ambitions to introduce the Scandinavian modernist approach to the US furniture market.
Risom’s arrival in the US coincided with the years of materials shortages brought on by the war. As a result, Risom was unable to secure a position in a furniture company, and, instead, found work designing textiles for decorator Dan Cooper. Eager to do more, he soon convinced Cooper to expand into the furniture market, and together they found projects with young, progressive architects like Ed Stone and George Nelson. In 1939-40, Ed Stone was invited to create Collier Magazine’s House of Ideas pavilion at Rockefeller Center as part of the New York World’s Fair, and Risom designed all of the furniture.
Around 1941, Risom met Hans Knoll, a German-born entrepreneur in the furniture industry who had a showroom on Madison Avenue dedicated to rather lackluster furnishings. Sharing a dream to do something more vanguard, they joined forces and set off on a four-month tour of the US in search of design inspiration. By 1942, Knoll launched Hans Knoll Furniture Company with Risom on board as his head designer.
Risom’s early designs for Knoll made use of military surplus...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Maple
Jens Risom Armchair for Knoll Associates
By Knoll, Jens Risom
Located in Kalamazoo, MI
This is a beautiful upholstered armchair designed by Jens Risom for HG Knoll & Associates in the 1940s. It is one of the early, iconic chairs that ushered in a period of incredible mid-century modern design. The solid Birch frame cradles a foam cushioned seat that was recently reupholstered in Knoll Maharam fabrics. The fabric is timeless and high-quality, and it suits the lighter birch wood color perfectly. This is more than just a collectible MCM chair...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 1950s Armchairs
Materials
Birch
Jens Risom Walnut Armchairs Reupholstered In Your Fabric
By Jens Risom
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Clean Lined Mid Century Modern Armchairs, designed by Jens Risom, American, circa 1960s. These chairs are currently being reupholstered and can be completed in your fabric. S...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Walnut
Vintage Jens Risom Danish Modern Armchair Model C-170, 1960s
By Jens Risom
Located in Round Rock, TX
A solid walnut armchair designed by Jens Risom.
Architectural in design, with clean lines and sculpted armrests. Would function well as a desk chair or side chair.
Offered in...
Category
North American Mid-Century Modern 1950s Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Pair of Jens Risom Lounge Chairs
By Jens Risom
Located in North Miami, FL
Stylish 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
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Solid Walnut and Leather Lounge Chairs by Gunlocke, Jens Risom Style
By Jens Risom, Gunlocke
Located in Buffalo, NY
Matched Pair Classic Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs in solid walnut and leather manufactcured by W.H.Gunlock Company. designed in the manner of Jens Risom. Beautiful color..superio...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Armchairs
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Jens Risom Armchair for Knoll
By Knoll, Jens Risom
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This armchair is an early example of Jens Risom's design for Knoll and is a simple yet innovative design. The chair is two separate pieces: a singular seat / back component is simply...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Armchairs
Materials
Birch, Textile
Jens Risom Playboy chairs
By Jens Risom
Located in New York, NY
Jens Risom walnut armchairs model C140 Playboy chairs. Mad Men era arm chairs that became know as "Playboy chairs" after a 1961 Playboy Magazine photoshoot. Solid oiled walnut frame...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Armchairs
Materials
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Jens Risom MCM Ebonized Walnut and Cane "Playboy" Dining Chairs, Set of 4
By Jens Risom
Located in Countryside, IL
Jens Risom midcentury Ebonized walnut and cane "Playboy" dining chairs - Set of 4
Each chair measures: 19.5 wide x 23 deep x 32 inches high, with a seat height/chair clearance of ...
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Jens Risom Mid Century Walnut and Cane Playboy Chairs - Pair
By Jens Risom
Located in Countryside, IL
Jens Risom Mid Century Walnut and Cane Playboy Chairs - Pair
Each chair measures: 22.5 wide x 23 deep x 32.25 high, with a seat height of 18.5 and arm height/chair clearance 26.5 in...
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Materials
Upholstery, Cane, Walnut
Risom Webbed Armchairs by Knoll
By Jens Risom, Knoll
Located in Kalamazoo, MI
Classic early edition of Jens Risom's iconic webbed armchair 652W design (1943) made by Knoll associates in the mid-1940s. Both have the earliest Knoll...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 1950s Armchairs
Materials
Maple
Previously Available Items
Mid-Century Modern Strap Leather Webbed Lounge Chair by Jens Risom for Knoll
By Jens Risom, Knoll
Located in Buffalo, NY
Mid-Century Modern strap leather webbed lounge chair by Jens Risom for Knoll. Early, Knoll bow-tie label. Wonderful Original, color and finish
perfect patina, Worn in all the righ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Maple
H 30 in W 23.75 in D 28 in
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Model C-120 Leather & Walnut Armchairs by Jens Risom
By Jens Risom
Located in Lafayette, IN
Fantastic pair of Model C-120 armchairs chairs designed by Jens Risom and manufactured by Jens Risom Design Inc. Chairs feature beautifully sculpted walnut frames and are newly upholstered in a bold gold/light brown leather. These are great examples of an iconic Risom design and would make a beautiful addition to any midcentury decor!.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Armchairs
Materials
Walnut, Leather
H 32 in W 23 in D 25 in
Pair Jens Risom Armchair Model C108, Walnut, Alexander Girard Upholstery
Located in Decatur, GA
Fabulous pair of early Jens Risom model C108 armchairs in solid American black walnut with original Alexander Girard pink striped upholstery. Originally designed in 1948 shortly afte...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Armchairs
Materials
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Jens Risom Lounge Chair - Early and Rare in Maple - Model U430 Low Arm Chair
By Jens Risom
Located in Decatur, GA
Jens Risom lounge chair, Model U-430. Rare solid maple version from early production runs in the early 1950's. Original recessed chrome sabots on the legs. All original finish. The f...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Maple
H 29 in W 27 in D 29 in
Early Jens Risom Lounge Chair for Knoll, Ca. 1950s
By Knoll, Jens Risom
Located in Peabody, MA
Lounge chair by Jens Risom designed for Knoll in the early 1940s, bearing an early Knoll Associates label. This upholstered version is circa 1950s.
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Armchairs
Materials
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Pair of 1950s Floating Walnut Lounge Chairs by Jens Risom
By Jens Risom
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Jens Risom lounge chairs supported by walnut bases, circa 1953. They are relatively small in scale and boast clean, sharp lines. The frame's gray wool upholstery is original, featuri...
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Vintage Jens Risom Armchair for Knoll
By Jens Risom
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage armchair with an ebony finished frame and matching black nylon straps. Designed by Jens Risom in 1943 for Knoll International using inexpensive wartime materials.
Category
Vintage 1950s Armchairs
Materials
Nylon, Maple
Pair of Jens Risom Walnut Lounge Chairs, 1953
By Jens Risom
Located in Hamburg, PA
A modernist pair of Jens Risom walnut lounge chairs. A rare model produced in 1953, stamped underside. Structurally sound, new upholstery recommended.
Dimensions: 30" H x 26" W x...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Jens Risom Walnut C 108 Armchair
By Jens Risom
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Comfort and design come together in this beautiful piece by master Jens Risom. Professionally restored (walnut frame) and respecting the original genuine leather which has a small de...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Vintage Pair of Walnut Lounge Chairs by Jens Risom
By Jens Risom
Located in San Jose, CA
Mid-Century Modern pair of early production lounge chairs model no. U 460 designed by Jens Risom for Risom Design Inc. in walnut. This set has been professionally reupholstered in a ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
Jens Risom Pair of Leather Webbed and Oak Lounge Chairs, Knoll Int, France 1950s
By Jens Risom
Located in La Teste De Buch, FR
Pair of armchairs by Jens Risom for Knoll International, France.
Solid oak wood and leather straps.
Knoll produced the Risom furniture in oak wood only in France.
New leather webb...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Armchairs
H 27.56 in W 23.63 in D 26.38 in
Jens Risom Lounge Chair Danish Walnut & Tufted Black Leather
By Jens Risom
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Beautifully restored Mid-Century Modern Jens Risom walnut armchair with new full grain black leather upholstery. The sleek design shows stro...
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American Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
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