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Finn Juhl created a chair for the 1949 Cabinetmakers’ Guild in Copenhagen. During the exhibition, King Frederick IX sat in the chair, causing a journalist to suggest calling it the “King’s Chair.” But Juhl resisted and said, “You had better call it a chieftain’s chair,” which the journalist did. (At some point the apostrophe was dropped.) With distinctive shapes inspired by primitive weaponry and a seat that appears suspended above the frame, the sculptural form of the Chieftain Chair changed the future of Danish design. Made in Denmark.
Finn Juhl created a chair for the 1949 Cabinetmakers’ Guild in Copenhagen. During the exhibition, King Frederick IX sat in the chair, causing a journalist to suggest calling it the “King’s Chair.” But Juhl resisted and said, “You had better call it a chieftain’s chair,” which the journalist did. (At some point the apostrophe was dropped.) With distinctive shapes inspired by primitive weaponry and a seat that appears suspended above the frame, the sculptural form of the Chieftain Chair changed the future of Danish design. Made in Denmark.