Details
produced by Fritz Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark
aluminum, rubber, leather upholstery
armchair: 42 x 35 x 26 in. (106.7 x 35 x 66 cm)
ottoman: 1612 x 22 x 16 in. (41.9 x 55.9 x 40.6 cm)
armchair impressed MADE IN DENMARK 520015 with FH within a box
Literature
Erik Lassen, ed., The Arts of Denmark: Viking to Modern, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1960, p. 125
D. McFadden, Scandinavian Modern Design, 1880-1980, exh. cat., Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, 1982, pp. 12, 181
P. Erik Tøjner and K. Vindum, Arne Jacobsen, Arkitekt & Designer, Copenhagen, 1999, front cover, pp. 68-69
C. Thau and K. Vindum, Arne Jacobsen, Copenhagen, 2001, pp. 154, 158-159, 433-435, 438-439
C. Fiell and P. Fiell, Scandinavian Design, Cologne, 2002, p. 593
K. Kjeldsen, Arne Jacobsen: Absolutely Modern, exh. cat., Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, 2002, pp. 43-44, 48, 62, 74
M. Sheridan, Room 606: The SAS House and the Work of Arne Jacobsen, New York, 2003, pp. 8, 22, 26, 94, 114, 116-117, 182-183, 202, 204, 206, 208
A. Karlsen, Danish Furniture Design in the 20th Century, Volume 2, Copenhagen, 2007, pp. 136-137 (for period photographs of this model)
V. Albus, et. al., Modern Furniture: 150 Years of Design, Königswinter, 2009, p. 439
Danish Designs: Masters and Icons, exh. cat., Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, 2014, pp. 1, 65
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