Birgit Lyngbye Pedersen (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition, first impression. Publisher's pictorial paper covered boards, extremities lightly bumped and spine ends similarly. Internally bright and clean, appearing near unread. An interesting exploration into Finn Juhl's legacy at the UN headquarters.

Hardback. Condition: Very good. 24 x 24cm 220pp very good hardback in dust jacket. Birgit Lyngbye Pedersen was looking for the right sofa for a house from the fifties and discovered Finn Juhl (1912 1989), whose furniture is experiencing a renaissance in the wake of the retro wave. When Juhl s house in Charlottenlund, which he designed and decorated in 1941 42, came up for sale, Pedersen purchased the building and all of its furnishings, presenting it immediately afterward to the adjacent Ordrupgaard Museum.This monograph takes a look at Finn Juhl alongside Hans J. Wegner and Arne Jacobsen one of the most important Danish Modernists in an agreeably unpretentious way. Per H. Hansen, a renowned expert in Scandinavian furniture design, provides a humorous, extremely informative description of Juhl s unconventional character and classic furniture the Chieftain Chair, the Pelican Chair, or the Poet Sofa.Drawings, original photographs, images of the newly curated house (2008), and an amusing final chapter about his patrons round off this unusual volume.…

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Starting from Finn Juhls own house in Ordrup it is a comprehensive report on one of the first Danish furniture designers, who achieved international success. The book coming around the period from Finn Juhl's first experimental furniture in the 1930s over the Golden Age i1940'erne and 1950s to today, where the furniture has given renaissance as furniture classics and collectibles. The book is richly illustrated with unique photos and Finn Juhls own watercolors, drawings and photos. Published in cooperation with Ordrupgaard., English, Year2014, Illust. B/W108, Illust. Color76, ISBN 9788702078077, Code 6448. Clothbound with Jacket, In Pristine Condition, Bibl. Bio. Index. Pages 220, Size 9öx 9 1/2ö.…