Jens Risom Lounge Chair

The risom outdoor collection consists of an armless lounge chair ottoman side chair and two side tables and features sunbrella webbing and solid teak lumber.

Jens risom lounge chair.

48ʺw 18ʺd 18ʺh jaffrey nh seating benches free shipping jens risom a line lounge chair and ottoman in bouclé c. Black webbing and black wood frame. The jens chair 1949 was originally designed for the caribe hilton hotel in puerto rico. Jens risom split single arm lounge chairs newly reupholstered a pair 4 400.

The risom lounge chair 1943 is testament to the simplicity and ingenuity that is so often found in timeless modern furniture. Today the chair is made from heavy duty cotton straps tightly woven on their hardwood frame. Jens risom s original 1941 collection for knoll incorporates a natural aesthetic characteristic of understated scandinavian design. Due to wartime material restrictions the lounge chair was originally constructed of simple maple frames and discarded parachute webbing.

The risom lounge chair has an overall height of 30 25 77 cm width of 20 51 cm and depth of. Jens risom s furniture the first collection designed for and manufactured by knoll helped establish the company as an early provider of modern design in america. This chair is about 20 years old. Risom was knighted by queen margrethe ii of denmark in 1996.

Jens risom reintroduced webbed lounge chair. Decades later design within reach worked with designer jens risom to bring it back into production because as the danish master himself said. Sunbrella webbing marries high design with proven durability and performance. Jens risom s designs were the first pieces conceived for and manufactured by knoll.

One of the first pieces commissioned by knoll it brought the natural materials and understated form of scandinavian design to large scale u s. Make offer pair jens risom rosewood mid century modern blue fabric lounge chair armchairs jens risom mid century danish modern walnut side table w 2 drawers 350 00. Good design means that anything good will go well with other equally good things. The risom lounge chair was originally created during wwii and was woven from surplus parachute straps as an effort to utilize any available material.

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