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Kaare Klint

Barcelona dining chairs model 3758, set of ten

Rud. Rasmussens Snedkerier
Denmark, 1927
original Niger leather, Cuban mahogany, brass 35 h × 23 w × 22 d in (89 × 58 × 56 cm)
estimate: $20,000–30,000
result: $35,000
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Signed with paper manufacturer's label to frame of six examples: [Rud. Rasmussens Snedkerier 45 Norrebrogen Kobenhavn 11755]. Signed with paper manufacturer's label to frame of four examples: [Rud. Rasmussens Fabrik for Egetraesmobler Norrebrogade 45 Kobenhavn].
provenance: Dansk Møbelkunst, Copenhagen | Important private collection
literature: Kaare Klint, Harkær, ppg. 28-30 Dansk Møbelkunst Gennem 40 Aar: 1927-1936, Jalk, pg. 169

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Kaare Klint 1888–1954

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Recognized as the father of Danish furniture design, Kaare Klint was born in Copenhagen in 1888 to the family of architect Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint. While in his younger years he studied painting, he eventually apprenticed as a furniture maker, attended technical school, Jens Møller-Jensens furniture school, and the Artists' Studio Schools in Copenhagen. In 1914, at just 26 years old, Klint designed Denmark’s first modern design classic, the Faaborg Chair, for the Faaborg Museum in collaboration with his mentor and fellow architect Carl ‘Calle’ Petersen. Following the wide acclaim for his early designs, he received several other commissions for museums including the Thorvaldsens Museum and the Danish Museum of Decorative Art in Copenhagen.

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