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Arne Jacobsen

Drop chair from the SAS Royal Hotel

Fritz Hansen
Denmark, 1958
leather, bronze-coated steel 33¾ h × 18¼ w × 22 d in (86 × 46 × 56 cm)
estimate: $20,000–30,000
result: $28,750
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Designed for the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen, the Drop chair was produced with both leather and cloth upholstery. The upholstered examples were used in the hotel rooms while the leather examples, produced in a small number, were used in the bar.
This example retains the original leather.
provenance: SAS Royal Hotel, Copenhagen | Private collection, Switzerland | Phillips, New York, Design Masters, 15 December 2010, Lot 18 | Private collection
literature: Danish Chairs, Oda, pg. 61 Arne Jacobsen, Thau and Vindum, ppg. 432, 439, 441

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Arne Jacobsen 1902–1971

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Arne Jacobsen was an architect and designer who approached his work from both perspectives, making major contributions to Functionalism and Danish Modern style. Born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark, he won the silver medal for his chair design at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 1925 while an architecture student at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. After winning the Danish Architect’s Association competition for his House of the Future design, he opened his own office in 1929. Jacobsen was forced to flee to Sweden in 1943 following the rise of the Nazi party, but later returned to Denmark ushering in a wave of landmark public and private commissions.

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