Danish vintage 'Superstar' chrome and leather Trygg Mobler

An incredibly rare complete and original ‘superstar’ lounge set by mid century danish furniture producer trygg mobler that was only produced in limited numbers between 1973-76. By 1974 production was altered to change the chrome frame to a lighter bentwood, laminated structure to allow quicker manufacture and easier distribution and as vatner møbler’s sales of the chair tripled over just a 2-year period the falcon chair soon became an icon of outstanding scandinavian design. However, the chrome falcons have always been considered the most beautiful and most sought after representation of the design and of course were exactly as ressell first designed them. This success led to danish manufacturer trygg mobler, in collaboration with designers steelladder, to produce a rival to the vatne chair that they believed was better – the superstar. To begin with they used thicker gauge steel and then also added padded arm rests which they considered to be of fundamental importance to the comfort of the chair (not an option on the vatne version). However, the most important change was the addition of buckled straps at each corner. This, in particular, was a useful practical addition that the original falcon’s lacked as it allowed the chair height and tilt to be adapted to exactly fit the user’s requirements and preference – a detail that also followed through to the foot stools. Vatne however, successfully stopped production of the rival superstars with a court action in 1976 but the court action also worked both ways as vatne were not allowed to produce a variation of their falcons that could include the arm rests and buckled adjustment straps. This resulted in the superstars becoming far rarer than the falcons and more sought after because of the more comfortable additions. Presented in very good vintage condition.

Ref. : CCX3DEV9