2004/​816

Helge Vestergaard Jensen (b. Herning 1917, d. Copenhagen 1987)

“The Concealed Bedroom”. A pair of chairs with teak frame and angled back. Seat and back strung with nylon cords. Designed 1955. These examples made 1955 by cabinetmaker Thysen Nielsen. (2)

Provenance: Cabinetmaker Thysen Nielsen. These are the very chairs which were presented at The Copenhagen Cabinetmakers' Guild Exhibition at Designmuseum Danmark, 1955.

Literature: Grete Jalk [ed.]: “40 Years of Danish Furniture Design”, vol. 3, pp. 340–341.

Condition

Frame with repairs and partially open joints. Scratches and marks. One chair with later and not original stretcher between front legs.

Auction

Modern art and design (postponed), 23 January 2020

Category
Estimate

15,000 DKK

Sold

Price realised

11,500 DKK  

3 bids

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