Set of eight restored dining chairs in teak Kai Kristiansen

Set of eight carefully restored teak dining chairs with adjustable backrest by Kai Kristiansen for Schous Møbelfabrik. The chairs have Kai Kristiansens typical light and elegant design that make them fit in easily where you want them in your home - a design that was so unique that his colleague the famous designer Hans J. Wegner characterized model 42 as beautiful from all angles when the chair was revealed in 1956. The chairs have been carefully checked, restored if needed, sanded and refinished by our skilled cabinetmaker to insure that they are in very good condition with only minimal signs of age and use and and will be reupholstered with out extra cost in any "Kvadrat" fabric of your choice / standard leathers from "Sorensen Leather" or for additional price luxury leathers (Elegance, vegetal, rustic, pure and royal nubuck) before they are shipped. In case you wish to handle the reupholstery of these chairs by your self we will deliver the chairs ready for upholstery with a discount. Kai Kristiansen was one of the last pupils of the famous architect Kaare Klint who founded modern Danish design and laid the foundation for the "Danish Modern" style. During the years 1958-1978 Kristiansen worked in his business in Aarhus owned jointly by himself and furniture maker Illum Wikkelsø (1919-1999). Kristiansens works met their most intense demand during a few decades from 1950, then production of them was discontinued. However, several of them are now being produced again by the Japanese furniture producer Miyazaki Chair Mill in Tokushima. An Australien producer has also included Kristiansen production in their portfolio. Kai Kristiansen might have been the originator of mass produced furniture, had he accepted an offer from Ikea-founder Ingvar Kamprad. He declined to let himself enroll in the Ikea staff. Kristiansen exhibitions include numerous participations in furniture and design shows in Milano, Paris, Cologne and London. Among his most cherished works is the

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