Shield Chair co of California  

I've come across these chairs and am interested as well. Both the low and high back versions are almost identical images of the Kofod-Larsen design, made in Denmark, and imported by Selig.
Based on the above, and that I cannot find anysupporting literature that Kofod Larsen licensed designs in the US, my guess has always been that Shield's imported the design from Denmark after the Selig licensing agreement expired. Note that the Shield's tag doesn't say "made in" or "made by". This is just a guess on my part, but I have a hard time believing that those wood frame members were fabricated in the US during that timeframe.

Thanks cdsilva; you and I are on the same page; the lack of information online is curious. I hope someone might be able to shed some light. Surely someone that's been around for a while knows the deal with these? Pretty please 😉

My Grandfather was the owner of Sheild Chair in the 60's. His parents migrated from Norway and developed the company,designing and copyrighting many pieces of danish modern furniture. His company was based in Southern California.My grandfather, John Fossum had his life cut short at the young age of 47 and the company was sold.

So we're the designs developed in house, perhaps by your grandfather? Or were outside designers/architects contracted for the designs?

My grandfather and other family members did all the designs in house. My grandfather held patents for several of the pieces.

@pswells3 thanks for the info; this particular design looks a lot like a Kofod Larsen design. Any idea what the relationship may be?

I do not have anything to add about the company other than its products were all pretty well made. I recently obtained this pull out sofa in solid wood by Shield.

The patent for that daybed is interesting:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US2937384A/en