Finn Juhl for John Stuart  

I have a John Stuart...
I have a John Stuart Binder/Catalog, which shows designs from their "Great Danes" collection. I believe there are numerous Juhl pieces in the catalog and can confirm when I get home tonight. John Stuart did not fabricate these pieces but instead, distributed them in the United States. Sometimes you will see an original producer's brand/mark with a second John Stuart tag affixed.

Thanks, jesgord.
After some additional searching, the Mt Airy Chair/Furniture Company pops up every now and then with this design as well, including one photo that shows a Mt Airy tag affixed to this credenza. John Stuart seems to have sold Mt Airy-made pieces, including the Janus line.
Another internet posting I read claims that Finn Juhl licensed some designs to Mt Airy for fabrication in North Carolina, although no reference for that claim was provided.
The piece looks American in design to me, and I would not have thought of Juhl as the designer without prior references. Hopefully jesgord's catalog can provide some insight.

I am curious to see what jesg...
I am curious to see what jesgord has in this catalog. I am no authority, but I've never seen something I credibly believed to be Finn Juhl for John Stuart. There are plenty of Finn Juhl for France and Søn / Daverkosen pieces that have a John Stuart label as the retailer.
If I had to guess I would suspct that the France and Søn connection has inspired a few attributions for other pieces that John Stuart retailed.

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The piece pictured looks distinctly American to me as well.

Last evening, I went to go...
Last evening, I went to go look at the below credenza/hutch combo that was advertised on craigslist at a fairly reasonable price (the reason why I start this thread).
Obviously, I was hoping to have a better attribution understanding before going, but in the end, it didn't matter. The piece was definitely made in the US, and had a strong 70's feel to it construction-wise. The build quality was decent, but overall, the piece just didn't do it for me.
If Juhl was involved in any way (licensing a design, but not getting involved in fabrication), I can see why it may not be highlighted in his bio. However, based on what I have read about his strict standards for licensing to Baker, I am dubious about his involvement with Mt Airy.
On another note, my guess of wood was bleached walnut. I am not a wood expert, and had not even heard of bleached walnut until leif suggested the possibility for a bi-level desk that I got last winter.

Regardless of what sellers might say
Finn Juhl had nothing to do with that line of furniture. It was called the "Contempora Collection" and was made by Mount Airy Chair Co. John Stewart sold the line at one time. As you know, John Stewart also sold France and Sons furniture including designs by Finn Juhl. The only American manufacturer who Juhl licensed to manufacture his designs was Baker in Grand Rapids.

Nice work, as always,...
Nice work, as always, Pegboard.

This might be of interest concerning Finn Juhl and John Stuart and Grand Rapids.
In1957 give or take 1 year, we bought a pair of Spade chairs. They had green wool cushions.
A miracle, but they survived 3 children, overweight visitors, moves in 7 states and 2 overseas shipments.
Ralph

Nice Spadestolen! They were retailed by John Stuart, but made in Denmark by France and Søn, although, in 1957 it was probably still known as France and Daverkosen.
If you inspect the frame closely you will also find a gold foil imprinted stamp with the France name on it.

Thanks, but I couldn't find the stamp.
Ralph

This is a minor point, but I wonder if John Stuart is sometimes not given credit for their role in bringing these designs to the U.S. Yes, they distributed/retailed the F&D pieces, but have also been credited with their import to the U.S. To take the JS involvement another step, wouldn't the John Stuart name foil imprinted name alongside the F&D mark mean that they commissioned the manufacture of these pieces as well?

Selig commissioned designs and Selig was the only entity that sold those designs, hence you do not see Ib Kofod Larsen's designs for Selig in Denmark. Or if you ever did find one, it would have Selig markings, because it would have been brought them by its owners at some point. (I've never seen such a Selig piece in Denmark, but its got to have happened at least once).
Likewise with G-Plan in the UK and Ib Kofod Larsen's designs for that company.
Moreddi may have commissioned some of the designs it sold as some of them are extremely hard to find without Moreddi markings. Others can be found in Denmark, the USA, etc without Moreddi markings, so they were clearly not exclusive commissions.
France and Søn collaborated with designers in Denmark producing and selling its own product. John Stuart was strictly a retailer in the USA. John Stuart wanted its label on the products it sold so it put the John Stuart medallion on France and Søn pieces.
This same thing happened in the domestic market in Denmark as well with retailers like Illums Bolighus putting a metal plaque on the furniture it sold.

Leif, you don't think John Stuart was involved in importing these designs? I don't know, I'm only going on the statements of a respected (former?) contributor to this forum that JS was involved in import.
I also was assuming that the JS foil imprint would have been applied in the Denmark factory. Not to imply that JS commissioned the design, only their manufacture for the U.S. market.

It is also possible that France and Søn had such a relationship with John Stuart that France and Søn actually applied the John Stuart medallions at the factory. (John Stuart sold a LOT of France and Søn pieces in the US market). I don't believe it is known which entity applied the John Stuart medallions, and is basically irrelevant.
The early France and Daverkosen mark with John Stuart does indicate that the retailer relationship went back further than I had realized, to the mid 1950s. And that is pretty early for factory Danish furniture to be sold directly in the USA, so I can well imagine that France and Søn might well have agreed to put the John Stuart mark on at the factory as a price to get into the huge USA export market via John Stuart.