Mid-Century Modern Model 1140 High-Back Lounge Chair in Walnut and New Upholstery by Jens Risom For Jens Risom Designs, USA, c. 1960's
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Mid-Century Modern Model 1140 High-Back Lounge Chair in Walnut and New Upholstery by Jens Risom For Jens Risom Designs, USA, c. 1960's

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Title: Mid-Century Modern Model 1140 High-Back Lounge Chair in Walnut and New Upholstery by Jens Risom For Jens Risom Designs, USA, c. 1960'sAbout: Introducing a rare, fully restored Model 1140 high-back lounge chair designed by the influential Jens Risom. This iconic 1140 features new upholstery, redone in a fabulous vintage-styled heavy weight burnt orange tweed, which was meticulously sewn in the same pattern and scheme as the original and is in showroom condition. All set atop a gorgeous solid black walnut base with exceptional old-growth woodgrains.Jens Risom is widely considered to be a pioneer in introducing Danish modern furniture to the United States through early work with the Knoll company and to a greater extent through his own company, which thrived in the 1950s and ’60s. Born in Denmark in 1916, Risom emigrated to the U.S. where he teamed up with Hans Knoll to start a decades-long collaboration between the two icons. Risom served in World War II under Gen. George Patton a

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