Set of 12 vintage Armchairs Rud Thygesen Johnny Sorensen 1970s

Set of 12 stackable laminated oak conference armchairs designed by Rud Thygesen and Johnny Sørensen for Magnus Olesen in 1975. The conference chairs are very comfortable in use and can be stacked 6 on top of each other making them easy to put in storage. The chairs have been overlooked and refinished by our cabinetmaker and will be reupholstered in fabric and colour of your choice from "Kvadrat" Johnny Sørensen was born in Helsingør, son of factory workers and appointed as unskilled helper at the local shipbuilders, from where he advanced to the carpenter shops, where he met Jørn Utzon, son of world famous Danish architect Jørn Utzon, the man behind the Sydney Opera House. He ended his apprenticeship in 1963 producing a writing table in rio rosewood. Admitted to the Art School in Copenhagen he met his future partner Rud Thygesen, with whom he opened a business in 1966. Rud Thygesen and Johnny Sørensen sequently evolved as renowned furniture designers, showerede by prestigious awards like the Carpenter Guilds furniture competition’s first prize, the Jubilee prize from the National Bank of Denmark and many others. Their works are shown at the Danish Design Museum ion Copenhagen, The Design Museum in Oslo, Victoria and Albert Museum in London and in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.