94. Flemming Lassen
1902-1984
Pair of armchairs, designed 1940 Ash, sheepskin. Each: 75 x 74 x 76 cm (29 1/2 x 29 1/8 x 29 7/8 in.) Executed by cabinetmaker Jacob Kjær, Denmark. Estimate £20,000-30,000 $25,800-38,600 €21,900-32,900 Provenance Private collection, Denmark Literature Hans Chr. Hansen, ‘Snedkerlaugets 14. Møbeludstilling’, Nyt Tidsskrif For Kunstindustri, no. 1, January 1940, p. 171 Grete Jalk, ed., Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar, Volume 2: 1937-1946, Copenhagen, 1987, p. 116, fg. 2
The present model was exhibited at the ‘Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild’, Kunstindustrimuseet, Copenhagen, 20 September–6 October 1940, stand 14.
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