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1938 Finn Juhl : iconic "The Grasshopper Chair", Indian Red leather & walnut

Creator: Finn Juhl
Offered by: FINCH hudson

Description
The Grasshopper was Finn Juhl’s (1912–1989) first major chair design in 1938 and was shown at the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild Exhibition in 1939. He broke with the restrained functionalism of his contemporaries to showcase a new level of expressive modernism. It marked the start of Juhl’s lifelong philosophy: furniture as “art you can sit in.” He collaborated with furniture maker Niels Vodder using advanced joinery - wedged tenons, precise angled joints - making this chair exceptionally complex and expensive to produce in the late 1930s. Only a small number were made at the time. The "Model 45" design was revived in the 2000s by House of Finn Juhl - with this contemporary version in a luscious "Indian Red" leather over a walnut frame. Marked with brass sign: House of Finn Juhl. No. 55. FJ 3800 Grasshopper.

More Information

Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (exact item)
Origin:	Denmark
Period:	1920-1949
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	contemporary
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Mid Century, Scandinavian Modern
200 Lex Booth #:	60
Incollect Reference #:	823672

Dimensions

W.	34 in;	H.	38 in;	D.	37 in;
W.	86.36 cm;	H.	96.52 cm;	D.	93.98 cm;

Seat H.	13.8 in;
Seat H.	35.05 cm;

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