Vintage Mid Century Modern Arm Chairs in the Style of Jens Risom

A set of mid century modern tubular arm chairs by Global Upholstery Company, circa 1970s. Made in Canada. Recently reupholstered in a luxurious mohair by Kravet. Structurally sound a...

Mid-Century Modern style high back chairs by Parker Knoll from 1981. Features a vintage hardwood frame with ergonomic sculpted high back seat. Modern simplicity meets timeless style....

Original ICONIC set of 6 chairs by Marcel Breuer for Thonet model S64. With the original tags from the Enron building circa 1986. A part of Houston history. Newly reupholstered in a ...

Amazing mid century modern Scandinavian style high back lounge chair, circa 1960s. Solid teak frame with a zebra like burnt orange and cream upholstery that’s in good condition. Ther...

A rare and spectacular leather and chrome sling lounge chair, by Charles Pollock for Knoll, circa the 1960s. In very good vintage condition w...

Vintage midcentury 6 drawer dresser veneered in split reed bamboo in the manner of Gabriella Crespi. So excited to acquire another one o...

A classic Jens Risom mid century open arm chair circa 1965. Upholstered with a white leather seat. Beautiful carved walnut is ergonomically designed for your comfort and visual pleas...

Jens Risom mid century arm chairs - a pair Each chair measures: 24 wide x 23 deep x 31 high, with a seat height of 19.5 inches All pieces of furniture can be had in what we call ...

Fabulous upholstered lounge armchair sold by B. Altman & Co. In excellent original condition with new foam in seat cushion.

Danish Jens Risom attributed Mid-Century Modern armchairs with new wool felt upholstery, circa 1960s . Button tufted. Tapered legs with minor loses and fading to wood. Good original ...

A pair of mid century Jens Risom style arm chairs. The frames are of two-toned walnut. Upholstered in a neutral linen fabric.

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...