Design Addict

Cart

Selig type loveseat
 

Selig type loveseat  

  RSS

Wozsue
(@wozsue)
New Member
Joined: 5 years ago
Posts: 2
14/06/2020 12:50 pm  

My parents purchased in late 50’s.  The set had two loveseats with one arm at opposites ends and two slipper chairs (sectional??). Looks like Selig but no markings. Any ideas? Thank you! 

1592131836-169E6083-5B3B-4DE2-90AF-004BABF999E7.jpeg

Quote
Wozsue
(@wozsue)
New Member
Joined: 5 years ago
Posts: 2
14/06/2020 12:51 pm  

Another picture

1592131910-64EBB3A7-F156-4427-9C93-F8BBC113E124.jpeg

ReplyQuote
mark737
(@mark737)
Illustrious Member
Joined: 2026 years ago
Posts: 877
14/06/2020 5:01 pm  

Yes, appears to be a Selig loveseat by Kofod-Larsen like the one pictured.  It would help if you posted a picture without cushions and from an angle that shows the arm shape

1592146898-KL.jpg

ReplyQuote
cdsilva
(@cdsilva)
Illustrious Member
Joined: 15 years ago
Posts: 2051
15/06/2020 7:35 am  

Mark, the two-seater you posted is indeed Selig, but not designed by IKL. It was designed by Lawrence Peabody, who was head of Selig design in the early 50’s. Ishmael on this forum did some excellent research a few years ago and found quite of few vintage documents that clearly connect this, and one other similar Selig lounge chair design, to Peabody. It was a rare case of an American design being made in Denmark. There is even a photo of Peabody chairs staged with Wegner and Mogensen furniture in Denmark.


ReplyQuote
cdsilva
(@cdsilva)
Illustrious Member
Joined: 15 years ago
Posts: 2051
15/06/2020 7:53 am  

Here is the photo from 1955, in Dansk Kunsthaandvaerk.

 
1592200537-B3A2DDDD-D590-4FC5-896F-6120F1E1BF70.jpeg

ReplyQuote
mark737
(@mark737)
Illustrious Member
Joined: 2026 years ago
Posts: 877
15/06/2020 3:03 pm  

@cdsilva  Thanks for the correction.  I had read those threads and knew Peabody designed the 598 chair, the one shown on the right in the picture from Dansk Kunsthaandvaerk.  I forgot that he had also designed all but one of the other chairs and loveseats from Selig's 1954 collection (as noted in the news story here). 

1592226191-598.jpg
1592226601-LP-54-article.png

ReplyQuote
Share:

If you need any help, please contact us at – info@designaddict.com

  
Working

Please Login or Register