Two Jens Risom Lounge Chairs

Description:

Two Jens Risom Lounge Chairs
Walnut and leather
Mid-20th century
Black leather seat and back on angular walnut frame, one with paper label from Contemporary, a furniture retailer on Harvard Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, ht. 29, wd. 27, dp. 29 in.

Note: The chair was originally designed for the Caribe Hilton hotel in Puerto Rico. Risom, born and educated in Denmark, moved to the United States in 1939 and was one of the first designers for the Knoll Furniture Company when it opened in 1942. After World War II, he started his own company, Jens Risom Design.
Estimate $800-1,000


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