I was recently scouting for Finn Juhl chairs and in the
process found this wonderful store on the Kings Road in London called Sigmar, the creation of Interior
designer Ebba Thott and furniture specialist Nina Hertig … the perfect combo of
taste and brains! The store offers well-designed pieces from the 19th
to the 20th century with a predilection for Northern European midcentury
vintage design.
Sigmar has a pair
of 1950s NV53 chairs designed by Juhl
and made by master cabinetmaker Niels Vodder upholstered in grayish-blue and rosewood
that are, simply spectacular. First, I’m
a sucker for Brazilian rosewood, now a protected species. It’s a very “masculine” wood … dark and very
rich in its tone. Second, the
sensualness of the shaped armrests is delicious. Finn Juhl could have left the
chair without the rosewood armrests and it would have been a simple and comfy
chair. But by adding the wood, he
converted vanilla into something sexy and timeless.
PS: I’ve included images of another NV53 chair in white/beige
but in rosewood as well for you to get a better idea of the awesomeness of the
chair.
image credits: (grey) Sigmar,
London; (white/beige) source unknown.
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