ID rosewood dining chair danish?  

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@kaimaitai  Looks like Erik Buch for Ørum Møbelfabrik, or at least many sellers attribute to him.  Model 67 according to sellers but not in DFI.  

Edit:  Just saw @cdsilva's post about there being no Orum Mobelfabrik and that it's really R. Skovgaard Jensen.  There is a DFI record for a Buch (Buck) chair by them.  They list as model 66

https://aleph-01.kb.dk/F/RUIXAD8JSL93YTT751CAVFS5PX7RJ3MHHHAKQEM5JM5QFB7E8D-13053?func=full-set-set&set_number=950997&set_entry=000002&format=999

Hi, Just found this ad from an old catalog. Reference attached photo.

A little info about the company. (from the local archive) Rasmus Skovgaard Jensen established in 1937 himself as a furniture manufacturer (Ørum Møbelfabrik), and chairs of the finest quality and design are manufactured. After a fire in 1988, the buildings were not rebuilt and chair production ceased.

The chair was originally designed by Erik Buch in 1950 for R. Skovgaard Jensen and made in Palisander, Teak and Oak. The broad and comfortable chair was made for the North American market but was also part of the interior on the Royal Danish Yacht. (Info from Skovgaard Jensen Møbler Af 1903 Aps)

The chair has been relaunched by, among others, descendants of the Skovgaard Jensen family under the name "THE CAPTAINS CHAIR".

How certain is it that this was designed in 1950?  That strikes me as extremely unlikely and if so it would be a major story.  Is that actually supposed to be 1960?

As @vildbjerg-lkj says, the chair has been relaunced. According to the descendants this chair was launched in 1955.

https://www.sj1903.dk/designers/erik-buch.html

The information I referred to and which I wrote in my post was taken from "Skovgaard Jensen Møbler". As for the year 1950, it is taken from here: https://www.sj1903.dk/furnitue-collection/captains.html

So obviously a bit of confusion regarding this. I have sent a email to the people behind Skovgaard Jensen Møbler to ask them if the correct year should be 1955 or ... Is there an explanation for why they refer to two different years? Or is it a mistake on their website. I give a notice here when I hear from them:)

For what it's worth, they're undoubtedly the most wonderful Erik Buch design, and to me arguably one of the most attractive armchair designs from the era. In my humble opinion.

Posted by: Vildbjerg LKJ

Rasmus Skovgaard Jensen established in 1937 himself as a furniture manufacturer (Ørum Møbelfabrik).

Good to know that the company did indeed start off as Ørum Møbelfabrik, before a name change to R Skovgaard Jensen. The vintage docs I have on the company must have all be created after the company changed names.

My comments on previous threads about company name were not accurate.

A couple of thoughts on this: 1950 and 1955 are suspiciously identical to approximate dates and considering as the company seems a little unclear about their own story, I suspect they don’t have an accurate document. And I am not exactly sure they need to.  But within a historical understanding of danish modern furniture the things going on in 1945, 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965, and 1970 were very distinct.  I would certainly err later rather than earlier with a guess in this chair. (Also, I believe we know that Erik Buck’s model 49 side chair was not designed in 1949. It was designed in 1957 as I recall and it was first made by cabinetmaker Povl Dinesen.  It would be absolutely shocking if it were designed in 1949). 

The names for danish furniture companies of the era follow a logic that is their own. It can be easy to look from the outside with an outside standard and make a judgement while really misunderstanding the whole situation.  It might be reasonable to consider that R. Skovgaard Jensen and Ørum Møbelfabrik are both complementary names for the company. Naming after all is something that exists inside a context to meet a specific need.