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Kaare Klint
KK53130 EASY CHAIR
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Kaare Klint
KK87830 PROPELLER STOOL
Soft to the touch and pleasing to the eye, the KK53130 Easy Chair by Kaare Klint with its perfect
construction and balanced proportions is easy to fall in love with. Klint submitted four distinct designs
to the Guild’s celebratory competition under the title “Christmas 1934”: the Red Chair, a sofa bed, a
sectional sofa, and the elegant, upholstered Easy Chair. Lauded as a very modern contribution due
to its precise, tight lines and composition, the Easy Chair was produced for the 1937 Copenhagen
Cabinetmakers’ Guild Exhibition.
An exercise in mathematical construction, the KK87830 Propeller Stool expressed Kaare Klint’s vision
of the ideal fold, with the two intersecting, propeller-shaped legs forming a perfectly round rod when
folded flat. An impressive design made with ingenious multi-functionality, a highly appealing and
compact form. A prototype was created in 1956 for the major memorial exhibition for Klint at the Danish
Museum of Art and Design, and the design went into production in 1962, eight years after Klint’s death.
The idea of a folding stool was certainly not new; the concept existed as early as the Bronze Age. Klint,
however, refined and optimised it, adding the innovative propeller element.
A slim and
sophisticated
folding stool
KK53130 Easy Chair, TK8 Daybed
Wood: walnut oil. Upholstery: Sif 92
KK87830 Propeller Stool
Wood: ash white oil. Upholstery: Canvas
