Preben Fabricius & Jørgen Kastholm for Ivan Schlecter. Scimitar Chair. Armchair, model IS-63,
Description
Automatic translation from Danish.
Preben Fabricius & Jørgen Kastholm. 'Scimitar' Armchair with steel frame, seat and back upholstered in original heavily patinated cognac colored vegetable leather. Designed in 1962-63. Manufactured at Ivan Schlecter, mrk. from here. Shows traces of use / patina on leather.
Literature: Noritsugu Oda: 'Danish Chairs', illustrated and discussed p. 196 and Per H. Hansen: 'The Great Danish Furniture Guide', illustrated and discussed p. 86. The chair was designed with inspiration from a Turkish Scimitar saber, hence the inspiration for the name. The chair has, among other things, been exhibited at the Decorative Art Museums in Paris.
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