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Ejner Larsen & Aksel Bender Madsen (, b. 1917, d. 1987, b. 1916, d. 2000)

“Metropolitan”. A mahogany armchair, seat and back with slight patinated natural leather. Designed 1959. Made by Søren Horns Eftf. snedkermester Niels Roth Andersen.

The first version of “The Metropolitan chair” was shown at the Cabinetmaker's Guild Exhibition in 1949 by cabinetmaker Ludvig Pontoppidan. The chair came in a simplified variation in industrial production by Fritz Hansen from 1952 to app. 1958. At the Cabinetmaker's Guild Exhibition in 1959, presented cabinetmaker Willy Beck a more luxus variation covered with leather on armrests and seat.

Literature: Grete Jalk [ed.], “40 Years of Danish Furniture Design”, Vol. 3, p. 114–115 and Vol. 4, p. 78–81.

Condition

Minor wear due to age and use.

Auction

Modern art and design, 2 September 2014

5 bids

When	Bidder	Bid
2 September at 9:23 pm		20,000 DKK
	(Auto bid)	19,500 DKK
		19,000 DKK
2 September at 9:15 pm		17,500 DKK
24 August at 7:49 am		17,000 DKK