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Vu Petersen
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04/04/2015 1:39 am  

Hi all!I found a great looking sofa in my friend's garage.Been trying to find out if its more than just a pretty sofa but have been having a hard time tracking down the designer. Could be a Fritz Hansen sofa but somehow looks slightly different! Apprarently it has been repolstered about 10 years ago, this may be why it looks different from a "Folke Ohlsson"?Hope you guys perhaps can dfigure out who the maker is! 🙂 Br.FatPhil


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Peter Dalsgaard
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04/04/2015 2:10 am  

Looks like one of Finn Juhls sofas (don't remember the model name) for France & Søn.


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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04/04/2015 3:22 am  

That is a Jupiter group sofa made by France and Søn.
It is model number 218/4.  The /4 denotes that it is a 4 seater.
This model is an in house design, which is to say that France and Søn's advertising did not specify designer, at least in no documentation I have yet to turn up (perhaps there is some such catalog or retailer's catalog in existence), HOWEVER, the secret, "in house" designer was Finn Juhl, which we know from the trade magazine, Mobilia.  See here for more on this specific example and the in house, secret designer phenomenon:
http://www.designaddict.com/forum/General-discussion/Secret-Designers
 
 


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tktoo
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04/04/2015 3:33 am  

I just wish I had a friend with stuff like that awaiting discovery in his garage.


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Peter Dalsgaard
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04/04/2015 3:52 am  

Great link Leif. Thanks for that.


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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04/04/2015 4:40 am  

You are welcome.  Thought you might like that.  I am constantly trying to find more documentation on the phenomenon.  I haven't made much progress in the recent past, and that post basically sums of the state of my knowledge and beliefs.  


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Vu Petersen
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04/04/2015 6:49 pm  

Thanks Leif! I guess since its an inhouse design theres not a whole lot of info in the sofa online!
Would the sofa be worth anything? (i know forum rules say that its not allowed to ask for value - so just yes/no would suffice).
Its more because if its worth a penny or two id ask my friend if he still wants to give it away or not! 
tktoo: Yeah i was pretty lucky, but i still had to help my buddy move all day so the found is not for free! 😉 
Again, thanks Leif!


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tktoo
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04/04/2015 7:57 pm  

Maybe a better way to calculate value would be to consider what a day of your buddy's labor is worth. Certainly, yours is of equal value. If he/she is a city banker, I'd call it a fair trade.


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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner
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04/04/2015 10:41 pm  

I like tktoo's estimation of value method.  
And, just about anything with Finn Juhl's name is worth a bit.   I suspect that this is not a particularly valuable Finn Juhl, as it is bland compared to the vast majority of his designs.  
Here is another Jupiter series piece that sold at auction, just to give you a vague sense of the scale of magnitude. (Note any data the Lauritz puts out is automatically suspect, so don't believe anything in that listing except what you can independently verify):
http://www.lauritz.com/en/auction/finn-juhl-lounge-chair-jupiter-series-...


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