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1933
Kaare Klint
KK48650 ADDITION SOFA
KK48651 ADDITION SOFA
A testament
to simplification
and purpose
The KK48650-KK48651 Addition Sofa was inspired by a French rococo sofa, as Kaare Klint designed a
versatile, modern sectional. The first variant was created in the early 1930s for Copenhagen’s prestigious
New Carlsberg Foundation offices. Klint then refined the design, presenting the final Addition Sofa at
the 1933 Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild Exhibition. The Addition Sofa is trimmed with piping to
ensure beautiful, clean seams around the seat and back. The leather pleats create rhomboid panels
held in place with leather-covered buttons and open up when pressure is applied to the sofa to keep
the leather from overstretching. The sofa quickly earned accolades for its simple construction and
sophisticated upholstery, including an award at the Copenhagen Saddlemakers’ and Upholsterers’
Guild’s 475th-anniversary competition in 1935.
KK48650 Addition Sofa, KK48651 Addition Sofa, KK96620 Faaborg Chair
Wood: walnut oil. Upholstery: Sif 92
