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Sofa by Jens Risom

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- CreatorJens Risom (Designer)
- DimensionsHeight: 28 in. (71.12 cm)Width: 90 in. (228.6 cm)Depth: 30 in. (76.2 cm)Seat Height: 16 in. (40.64 cm)
- StyleMid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques
- Place of Origin
- Period
- Date of Manufacture1960s
- Conditionvery good.
- Seller LocationSagaponack, NY
- Reference Number
Shipping & Returns
- ShippingShips From: Sagaponack, NY
- Return Policy
A return for this item may be initiated within 3 days of delivery.
About the Designer
Jens Risom
The Danish-born Jens Risom brought the Scandinavian modern design sensibility to a wide audience in the United States. As the first designer for Knoll Inc., Risom introduced American buyers to the region’s enduring design values of simplicity, grace and craftsmanship.
Risom trained in furniture making at the Copenhagen School of Industrial Arts and Design under Ole Wanscher, alongside classmates Hans Wegner and Børge Mogensen. In 1939, a year after graduating from business school, Risom decided to move to the U.S.
While working for an interior designer in New York in 1941, he met Hans Knoll, and the businessman and the designer hit it off. They brought out their first line the next year, despite wartime materials restrictions. The signature piece — now a design icon — was a lounge chair with a striking, undulant birch frame and a seat made of webbed sub-military grade parachute straps. Risom was drafted into the army, and served as a translator under General George Patton. When he returned from the war, Risom clashed over furniture design ideals with his business partner’s new bride, Florence Knoll, the pioneering mid-century modernist who was schooled in the Bauhaus method, which favored furniture with strict, geometric metal frames. Risom then started his own company, Jens Risom Design.
In the course of his long career, Risom developed a stylistic vocabulary that was a reflection of the life of the man himself: his furniture has Danish warmth coupled with an American air of crisp efficiency. Vintage Risom chairs are almost instantly recognizable — the arms and seat backs are set at a distinctive angle that seems to invite people to sit back and relax, yet they know they can hop up in an instant, ready to go.
As you will see on these pages, Jens Risom is one of the great men of American modern design who made furniture that is unique and timeless.
Find a collection of vintage Jens Risom furniture on 1stDibs that includes lounge chairs, desks, coffee tables and more.
- Swivel Chair by Jens RisomBy Jens RisomLocated in Sagaponack, NYAn upholstered swiveling lounge chair in leather with a tilt mechanism on a metal disc base.Category
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- End Table by Jens RisomBy Jens RisomLocated in Sagaponack, NYAn expressive end table in rich walnut having raised and curved tapered side rails connected directly to the legs that support a floating top.Category
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$3,200 - Sofa by W & J SloaneBy W. & J. SloaneLocated in Sagaponack, NYA stately and beautifully proportioned sofa, having a tufted and sectioned back with wide and comfortable flattened arms. The cushions are down filled and the fully upholstered sofa ...Category
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$9,500 - Parallel Bar Sofas By Florence KnollBy Florence KnollLocated in Sagaponack, NYA "parallel bar" frame sofa with a button tufted back on chromed steel legs.Category
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MaterialsSteel
$9,500 / item - Upholstered Sofa by Hans J. WegnerBy Hans J. Wegner, A.P. StolenLocated in Sagaponack, NYA sculptural, tailored and fully upholstered (and very comfortable) sofa floating on well-scaled turned oak dowel legs and retaining its original cream strie´ wool fabric.Category
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MaterialsOak, Upholstery
- Floral Print Sofa by Edward Wormley for DunbarBy Edward WormleyLocated in Sagaponack, NYA sofa of English inspiration, retaining the original dark olive, coral, brown and beige mock-Asian floral print linen upholstery, on straight dark walnut legs.Category
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MaterialsUpholstery, Walnut
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