Easy Chair by Jorgen Kastholm for Kusch & Co, Germany, circa 1970

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Easy Chair by Jorgen Kastholm for Kusch & Co, Germany, circa 1970

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Beautiful easy chair designed by Jorgen Kastholm, manufactured by Kusch & Co. in Germany, circa 1970. This very comfortable chair is made of a beautiful quality chrome metal tubular frame with black leather upholstery. It truly stands out thanks to it's clear, well made design and amazing quality of materials. This stunning piece by one of the most notable Danish designers would make an amazing addition to any interior. In good original condition with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. Born in Roskilde, Jorgen Kastholm first trained as a smith but soon turned to furniture design. He attended the School for Interior Design in Copenhagen where he studied under Finn Juhl. At the beginning of the 1960s, working in Lebanon, he was inspired to design the Scimitar Chair. He also furnished the SAS office there. It was while studying at the Design School that Kastholm met cabinetmaker Preben Fabricius who became his partner for a number of years. They had a common approach to furniture design, never wanting to compromise on quality. Speaking of their partnership, Kastholm commented: "We had the same basic approach, we both wanted to minimize. I had been to the United States and seen furniture by Eames and Mies van der Rohe and it inspired us. The simplest lasts longest. At school we had learnt that timelessness was an ideal." In 1961, the pair set up a design studio in a Gentofte cellar without any firm arrangements with manufacturers. In 1965, they exhibited at the furniture fair in Fredericia where the German furniture manufacturer Alfred Kill noticed their work. Kill had a reputation for high quality but initially Favricius and Kastholm were not keen to design furniture for factory production. Only when Kill offered them DM 2,500 a month each, with no preconditions, did they agree to work for him. They travelled to Stuttgart with their first designs for production in Kill's factory in nearby Fellbach. Their international breakthrough came at the Cologne Fair in 1966 when they exhibited a whole series of office and home furniture leading to orders from ten large furniture concerns. Their minimalistic designs, both attractive and comfortable, were usually in steel and leather. The Tulip Chair FK 6725, the Grasshopper Chair FK 87 and the Scimitar Chair are among their most successful works. The Tulip Chair FK 6725 has become famous as Meryl Streep's office chair in the film The Devil Wears Prada. The pieces of furniture they produced during their seven-year period of cooperation from 1961 to 1968 were so distinctive that many are still produced today as classics. As a result of disagreements, the pair decided to terminate their cooperation in 1968. Kastholm was later appointed professor at Bergische Universität in Wuppertal near Düsseldorf where he taught design from 1975 to 1996. He also designed furniture at his office in Germany as well as in his house in the mountains on the island of Majorca. He returned to Denmark shortly before he died in June 2007.

Creator:
Jørgen Kastholm (Designer),Kusch+Co (Manufacturer)
Dimensions:
Height: 31.89 in (81 cm)Width: 29.53 in (75 cm)Depth: 31.5 in (80 cm)Seat Height: 16.54 in (42 cm)
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Chrome,Leather,Metal,Plated
Place of Origin:
Germany
Period:
1970-1979
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1970
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Amsterdam, NL
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU103985593073