Scandinavian Design 
18 October 2018
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Ib Kofod-Larsen

lounge chair from the Megiddo Collection

Denmark / Israel, c. 1971
rosewood, upholstery, enameled copper, brass 31½ h × 27 w × 31 d in (80 × 69 × 79 cm)
estimate: $1,000–1,500
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Signed with applied metal manufacturer's label to underside: [The Megiddo Collection Made in Israel].

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Ib Kofod-Larsen designed this chair for The Megiddo Collection of Israel, a furniture series commissioned by Mendell Selig of Selig Furniture. In the late 1960s, Selig sent Kofod-Larsen to Israel with the instruction “to make believe you are King Solomon’s carpenter.” The resulting collection of furniture combines the Danish Modern aesthetic with the then recently discovered artistic motifs from the archaeological dig site in Megiddo.

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