Scandinavian Modern Chairs

Pair of Märta Blomstedt easy chairs. Legs in stained ash and upholstered in sheepskin. Model designed for Hotel Aulanko, Finland, 1939. The chairs are newly refinished an upholstere...

Early Model 611 chair, designed by Alvar Aalto, manufactured by Oy Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, 1930s. Patinated birch. Natural surface. Good vintage ...

Early example of Kaare Klints iconic "Church" chair designed in 1936 and manufactured by Fritz Hansen, Copenhagen. This beautifully worn piece retains the original papercord seat and...

Pair of Fritz Hansen easy chairs, model 1669, circa 1930s. Sculptural chairs re-upholstered in wool, legs of stained beech. All reupholstery work carried out with filling in organic ...

Jabob Kjær for Jacob Kjær Møbelhaandværk, dining chairs, niger leather, cuban mahogany, brass rivets, Denmark, 1937. Stunning set of dining chairs by Jacob Kjær manufactured in 1937...

This is the Lövåsen solid pine pair of chairs manufactured in southern Sweden by Åby Möbelfabrik in the 1930/40s. It comes in a robust sports cabin lock in the Swede Axel Einar Hjo...

Axel Einar Hjorth “Utö” Dining Chairs set of 4 available - price per piece. These chairs, part of the Utö expo designed by Hjorth and produced by Nordiska Kompaniet in Sweden. These ...

Pair of Fritz Hansen easy chairs in sheepskin, model 1669, 1930s Sculptural chairs re-upholstered in sheepskin, legs of stained beech. All reupholstery work carried out with filling...

Model Birka. Produced by NK, 1930s. Newly upholstered in honey colored sheep skin.    

Rare early matching set of four Kaare Klint "Red Chair" chairs in oak, red naugahyde and brass nails. Executed by Rud Rasmussen, circa 1936, in amazing all original condition. Underside with partial manufacturer's paper label RUD. RASMUSSENS/SNEDKERIER. Kaare Klint (1888-1954), a Danish architect and designer, was a pioneering figure in the realm of modern Danish furniture design. Renowned as the father of Danish modernism, Klint played a pivotal role in shaping the functional and aesthetic principles that defined Scandinavian design in the early 20th century. His approach focused on craftsmanship, functionality, and a deep appreciation for traditional forms. As a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, he influenced generations of designers. Klint's carefully researched furniture designs are based on functionality, proportions adapted to the human body, craftsmanship, and the use of high-quality materials. Notable examples of his work include the Propeller Stool (1927), the Safari Chair and the Deck Chair (both 1933), the Church Chair (1936), and the Circle Bed...

‘Lovö’ Chairs by Axel Einar Hjorth, produced by Nordiska Kompaniet , Sweden , Circa 1930th. Stained pine. Metal braces on sides later added. Pencil marked ...

Kaare Klint for Rud Rasmussen, set of four dining chairs, 'The Red Chair', model 4751, original patinated leather, mahogany, brass, Denmark, designed 1933, manufactured 1930s. These...

Authentic Axel Einar Hjorth utö chairs designed in 1932 and produced during the 30's by Nordika Kompaniet. The chair is in good condition overhall, s...

Kaare Klint 'Red Chair' in Cuban mahogany, Niger leather and brass nails. Executed by Rud. Rasmussen 1936-1940. Underside with manufacturer's paper label RUD. RASMUSSENS/SNEDKERIER/...

Kaare Klint 'red chair' in walnut. Upholstered with Niger leather. Executed by Rud. Rasmussen, 1934-1938. Underside with manufacturer's paper label RUD. RASMUSSENS/SNEDKERIER/45 NØR...

Kaare Klint Red chair. Executed by Rud. Rasmussen. Mahogany, black horsehair and brass nails. Underside with manufacturer's paper label RUD. RASMUSSENS/SNEDKERIER/45 NØRREBROGAD/K...

Set of six stacking chairs in birch designed by the Swedish architect Sven Markelius. Manufactured by Bodafors for the Helsingborg Concert Hall in 1932. A landmark of Swedish archi...

Rare set of 4 chairs designed by Gunnar Asplund. Produced by Iwan B. Giertz in Flen, Sweden.

Pair of Utö/Uto pine chair by Axel-Einar Hjorth, Sweden, circa 1930s. Produced by Nordiska Kompaniet.   

Set of 8 'Orkesterstolen' chairs by Sven Markelius, Sweden, 1940s. The chairs were originally designed for Helsingborg Concert Hall.

The interplay of straight and curved lines within the chair’s design is very visually satisfying. The rhythm of lines is evident not only in the mahogany wood frame but within the leather too. The seat and back having a hammock construction mean the leather is allowed to bow naturally. The continuous curve that the back legs are carved into and the apron (wooden rail across the front) at the front of the chair both echo the exact arc of the leather hammock...

Kaare Klint’s “KK47000” Safari chair is a refined version of the chairs brought on an African safari by an American cinematographer and his wife. Klint noticed the chairs in the couple’s photos, and they were most likely based on Roorkhee Chairs, the seminal pieces of British campaign furniture used by the military...

Safari chair was designed by Kaare Klint in the 1930s. This safari chair is produced by Rud Rasmussen in Denmark. This is the first design where no tools are needed to assemble and d...

A pair of important and early Axel Einar Hjorth "Lovo" sandblasted and stained pine chairs by Nordisca Kompaniet, Sweden, 1932. The present chairs were exhibited and acquired at the Nordiska Kompaniet spring exhibition of 1932, when the "Lovo" series was first introduced. This rare available set of chairs are the earliest known of the "Lovo" series , as well as only known with metal tags. Literature: Christian Bjork, Thomas Ekstrom...

Among the earliest of Bruno Mathsson's designs is this rare model 36 easy chair upholstered with a linen head rest. Measures: 79 cm H x 173 cm W x 79 cm D.

Fritz Hansen lounge chair model #1672 A large scale lounge chair by Fritz Hansen upholstered in a luxurious red velvet with corded trim on bl...

Sculptural armchair made in beech. Strong references to Swedish architect Axel Einar Hjorth. It is Axel Einar Hjorths dedication of Art Deco and Modernist aesthetics that make his...

A rare easy chair of leather and mahogany with nail head trim. Designed by Frits Henningsen. Reupholstered in soft red leather and refinished mahogany with brass nail-heads.

Set of 4 dining chairs in acid stained pine, attributed to Axel Einar Hjorth, model Lovö, Sweden 1930s.

Kaare Klint 'red chair' in Cuban mahogany. Upholstered with Niger leather and brass nails. Executed by Rud. Rasmussen, 1934-1938. Underside with manufacturer's paper label RUD. RA...

Unique stump chair in pine. Executed in Mora, Sweden, in the 1930s.  

Set of 4 stained pine wood dining chairs by Torsten Claeson for Steneby Hemslöjdsförening, 1930, Sweden. Original nice patina.

Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian pair of chairs model 69 by Alvar Aalto. Chair 69 is one of Artek’s most popular chairs, a universal wooden chair in the tradit...

Wonderful and sturdy design by a Danish cabinetmaker from the first half of the 20th. century. An early modern take on the traditional English "Captains chair" in beautifully patinat...

Frits Schlegel for Fritz Hansen, set of six 'Husum' chairs, elm, beech. Denmark, 1930 Danish designer Frits Schlegel created the 'Husum' chair which got manufactured by Fritz Hansen...

This armchair was designed and built by master Danish cabinet maker Frits Henningsen. The chair features a double layered cane back, new wool-linen blend upholstery in a flax/pale sa...

Rare side chair by unknown designer. Probably produced in Sweden.

Set of six chairs designed by Josef Frank for Svensk Tenn, Model 725. Sweden. 1938. Mahogany and original leather. Literature: Kristina Wängberg Eriksson, Jan Christer Eriksson, "Josef Frank Möbelformgivaren", Carlsson Bokförlag, Stockholm 2014, p. K 18 H: 90 cm W: 58 cm D: 63 cm SH: 43 cm Armrest height: 69 cm (at the highest point) Josef Frank was a true European, he was also a pioneer of what would become classic 20th century Swedish design and the “Scandinavian Design Style”. Austrian- born Frank started his design career as an architect after having trained at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna between 1903 and 1910. After his training he went on to teach at Kunstgewerbeschule (The Viennese School of Arts and crafts) where he developed and espoused the new school of modernist thinking towards Architecture and Design that was coming to fruition in Vienna at the time. He also went on to lead the Vienna Werkbund throughout the 1920s. This was a truly progressive group of Architects and Designers who set about improving the daily lives of Austrian people through modernist design and architecture in partnership with Arts and Crafts ideals and construction. Frank’s leadership of the Werkbund had already cemented his place at the forefront of European design. Frank’s time in Vienna was typified by his design for the “Die Wohnung” exhibition of the Deutscher Werkbund in Stuttgart, 1927 where he exhibited along side his contemporaries at the forefront of design, such as the likes of Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius. Here he showed a specially designed pair of flat-roofed reinforced concrete houses in what is now seen as a typical modernist style. What separated Frank’s house from the other 32 houses of the exhibition was the interior and furniture inside the building. It was described as “Neo-Classical” and filled with an eclectic mix of period pieces, modern design and pieces designed by Frank himself that seemed to cross the two worlds. This was a complete opposite direction to that which his fellow Architects were travelling in with their pared back and angular aesthetics. Frank said of his own work: “The house is not a work of art, simply a place where one lives,” and by this reasoning Frank rejected the regimental mechanisation of the living space that his contemporaries believed in, instead he set about creating congenial and spontaneous interiors. Frank’s practice saw him placing the bright colours and the soft forms of nature back into the furnishings and interiors that he thought modernism sorely mist. Frank, along with Oskar Walch set up Haus und Garten in Vienna in 1925. This was Frank’s first commercial foray into furniture and home furnishings and the company went on to become the most influential furnishing house in Vienna with a riotous depth of colour and interesting shapes becoming the trademark of their design. However this success was to come to an end with rise of Nazism in Vienna in the early 1930’s. Frank was Jewish, and he and his wife Anna decided they would leave Vienna for her motherland: Sweden, in 1933. Frank continued to design for Haus and Garten, visiting Vienna occasionally and designing the pieces that would continue to be the company’s best...

A Cuban mahogany 'Barcelona' dining or side chair designed by Kaare Klint featuring a leather upholstery. Originally introduced at the 1929 International Exposition in Barcelona, Spa...

Rare Viggo Boesen rattan easy chair designed 1938 and made at E.V.A. Nissen & Co., Denmark.

A unique pair - handcrafted in two kinds of wood 1935 - by cabinetmaker Theodor Hellberg located in Norrköping/ Denmark.

Very rare pair of chairs designed by Erik Chambert in 1937 and produced by his own company AB Chamberts Möbelfabrik. Frame made of ash with cane seat. This exact model was displayed ...