Name: Finn Juhl Model 45 Chair   Item No.: IMC-1105

Modern classic Model 45 chair by Finn Juhl.

Solid wooden frame with soft cushion

Design Story:

Shortly before Finn Juhl became a world-renowned name, he was a self-taught furniture

designer and trained architect who had just opened his own office. Working in collaboration

with master cabinetmaker Niels Vodder, the pair was the buzz of the 1945 Cabinetmakers’ Guild

exhibition with their expressive, sculptural pieces. One such item was the Model 45 Armchair (1945)

which broke from tradition by freeing the upholstered areas from the wood frame. With the Model 45

Juhl refined the type of easy chair that he had been working on for many years; creating the type of

elegant, tantalizing expression for which this designer is still without rival.

Finn Juhl (30 January 1912 – 17 May 1989) was a Danish architect, interior and industrial designer, most known for his furniture design. He was one of the leading figures in the creation of "Danish design" in the 1940s and he was the designer who introduced Danish Modern to America.