"Stokke" Chairs and Table by Jens Quistgaard

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"Stokke" Chairs and Table by Jens Quistgaard

About the Item

Modernist designers have long admired the practicality, structural honesty, and ingenious minimalism of 19th-century campaign and expedition furniture. The qualities which made such furniture well-suited for use in the tents of officers and hunters were also found to be virtues on Cote d'Azur beaches and in Cortina d'Ampezzo ski chalets. Thus, in 1920s Paris, 1930s Copenhagen, and 1960s Milan, folding or demountable chairs and tables proliferated as chic accessories for customers with highly mobile lives of leisure. Jens Quistgaard, the tireless Danish designer, created the "Stokke" lounge chair and matching coffee tables in the early 1960s. These drew inspiration from antique campaign and safari furniture, but possessed an entirely novel form and structure, having also been influenced by traditions as remote from furniture design as sailboat hardware and equestrian fittings. Quistgaard's chair was made up of eight dowels cut from solid Brazil rosewood, four fabricated steel uprights, and leather or suede seating surfaces. The table was similarly constructed, with a large, round top of beautifully figured rosewood. Quistgaard's chairs can be completely disassembled and reassembled without any tools, the dowels being so precisely lathe-turned that when pressed into the steel uprights, the whole chair sits perfectly. The smallest mismatch between wood and steel in the dozen press-fit joints in each chair (eight in the table) would be multiplied over the whole of the structure, rendering the piece impossible to assemble, let alone use. Such is the quality of manufacture that everything fits together exactly as intended. When taken down to its components, each of these generously proportioned lounge chairs can be fit into a surprisingly small bag. The demands of producing this unusual furniture (at the Langaa, Denmark workshop of Richard Nissen, a friend and colleague of Quistgaard) -- along with the luxurious materials used -- made them expensive in their day, and as consequence they are quite rare today. Each chair is marked: "Nissen Langaa Danmark / Design Jens H. Quistgaard"

Creator:
Jens Quistgaard (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 28 in (71.12 cm)Width: 27 in (68.58 cm)Depth: 27 in (68.58 cm)Seat Height: 12.6 in (32.01 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 3
Style:
Scandinavian Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Leather,Steel
Place of Origin:
Denmark
Period:
1960-1969
Date of Manufacture:
1965
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Los Angeles, CA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU80911112040