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Wall Sofa
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Finn Juhl
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Steel
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Finish/Colour:
Light Grey
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Dimensions:
192 x 80 x 102h cm. Also available reversed, with the high back on the left (FJ 5001)
Seat Height:
40 cm
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Origin:
Denmark
Designed in 1950, the Wall Sofa exemplifies Finn Juhl’s inspiration from the free art movement of his era, as well as his boundary-crossing ambition to defy gravity and create a sense of movement. Its uniquely asymmetrical, excessively upholstered backrest almost floats like a cloud by René Magritte above the also levitating seat carried by an almost invisible frame. The sofa is upholstered by hand in Denmark in textile. The painted frame in a powder coated steel tube is mounted to the wall, hence the name of the sofa.
Finn Juhl featured this sofa in several of his interior design projects such as Villa Aubertin in Denmark, which he designed in 1952, and in the museum Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustri-museum in Trondheim, Norway. At the museum, he was commissioned to design a showroom with modern furniture and crafts representing a modern 1952 interior style.
Finn Juhl’s extravagantly upholstered chairs and sofas from the 1940s and early 1950s are deeply original. No other furniture designer has so radically expressed the surrealistic sculptural shapes that dominated this time, as a parallel to the trends reigning on the art scene.
BRAND HIGHLIGHT
Today, the House of Finn Juhl by OneCollection exclusively manufactures his sculptural and iconic furniture. More than 40 of his classic masterpieces are crafted to the most exacting standards, with the utmost respect for their original heritage.Tollgard is proud to represent Finn Juhl at its London showrooms. Among the pieces available is the Chieftain chair, “France chair and 109 chair” which is one of the designer’s most celebrated pieces, designed at the peak of his career. When it was presented in 1949, it marked a renewal of Danish furniture design.
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DESIGNED BY
Finn Juhl
Rather than thinking in terms of practical construction, Finn Juhl had the mind-set of a sculptor, when he shaped a piece of furniture. In the 1940s and 1950s, this way of working had never been seen before. His ambition was to design furniture with movement and life. Finn Juhl took pride in making both the structurally supportive elements of the furniture and the seated person look as though they are floating.
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