Kettelhut Lounge Chair - 1951
Brand:
House of Finn Juhl
With its broad, embracing armrests, the Kettelhut Lounge Chair exemplifies Finn Juhl’s approach to furniture design. Originally named SW 86, it was first produced in Denmark before Juhl sent the design to American manufacturer Baker Furniture. It now honors Mary Ellen Kettelhut, former Marketing President at Baker, who owns the original watercolor. Hand-upholstered in Denmark in textile or leather, the chair’s frame comes in oak or walnut.
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With its broad, embracing armrests, the Kettelhut Lounge Chair exemplifies Finn Juhl’s approach to furniture design. Originally named SW 86, it was first produced in Denmark before Juhl sent the design to American manufacturer Baker Furniture. It now honors Mary Ellen Kettelhut, former Marketing President at Baker, who owns the original watercolor. Hand-upholstered in Denmark in textile or leather, the chair’s frame comes in oak or walnut.
Please contact us at custom-made@thecollectional.com to explore further.
Finn Juhl
Danish architect and furniture designer
Finn Juhl was a Danish architect and furniture designer whose sculptural, organic furniture helped define Danish Modern and shift furniture from pure utility to a form of spatial art.
Finn Juhl trained as an architect in Copenhagen and worked for the prominent modernist architect Vilhelm Lauritzen, contributing to major projects such as the Danish Broadcasting House (Radiohuset). He soon turned toward interiors and furniture, collaborating closely with cabinetmaker Niels Vodder and exhibiting at the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild shows from 1937 onward. These exhibitions positioned him among the key figures who were breaking from heavy, historicist styles toward lighter, modern forms that became known as Danish design.
