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Aksel Bender Madsen for Bovenkamp lounge chair "Edith", The Netherlands

Item details

01050507
Bovenkamp
1950s
The Netherlands
Fabric, Oak, Teak
Brown, Grey
65 cm
50 cm
82 cm
Excellent, Reupholstered
42 cm
42 cm

About this item

Oak lounge chair with teak arm rests and new two tone grey upholstery. Designed by Aksel Bender Madsen for Bovenkamp.
This "Edith " lounge chair is the lower ( female version), not to be confused with the high back (male) version called "Karen"


Aksel Bender Madsen

Designer Aksel Bender Madsen, who was a Danish furniture designer in the midcentury. Together with his friend and business partner Ejner Larsen, he made over 300 furniture items. Many of those are now Classic mid-century design pieces. He also worked with Kaare Klint and Arne Jacobsen for some time. The most famous item by his hand is the metropolitan chair, which was a lounge chair designed for the Arts of Denmark exhibition in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Other items are teak coffee tables, dining chairs, sofa’s and sideboards. He also worked for Bovenkamp, a Dutch furniture manufacturer. For Bovenkamp he designed the beautiful “Edith” and “Karen” lounge chairs. Those chairs are among the most beautiful chairs of the Danish modern era.


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