koefoeds hornslet rosewood n.o. moller chairs

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15/06/2014 7:24 am

Hello,
I bought these 6 chairs shown in the pictures. They are stunning. The quality of construction is fantastic. The rosewood is very, very beautiful.
They are marked with a embossed Koefoeds mark..(I will add a picture, my camera is dead)
I have researched them extensively and want to see if anyone can confirm the information I have found.
What I gather is that they were designed by Neils O. Moller for Koefoeds Mobilfabrik.
However the same chairs online are said to be designed by Niels Koefoed? or by Koefoed.
I assume this is a misattribution due to being marked with a Koefoed mark but no Moller mark? I understand Koefoed to be a manufacturere right?
Although not a 'woodie' of any kind...I have always appreciated good 'wood' 😉
I must say, the 'knuckle' joint on those captain chairs makes my knees weak.

Any comments welcome,

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15/06/2014 7:50 am

Danish Furniture Index...
Danish Furniture Index confirms my suspicion that it is a Niels Koefods design for his own company:
link inline since it won't work in the URL field: https://aleph-01.kb.dk/F/BKJ8B2F88BX9T3EDIQH6KUXFX84IY775K4RSG8V6EJAYGRC...

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15/06/2014 8:23 am

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interesting, the internet is littered with attributions (sales and auctions) of this chair to moller!
is the design index considered definitive?
also, sorry for spelling error I thought it was koefoed also liberally sprinkled across the cyber world!

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15/06/2014 8:32 am

The Danish Furniture Index is...
The Danish Furniture Index is reasonably definitive. There are known errors, and suspected errors. But in this case there is a literature reference: Mobilia 1968 no. 154. Say I would say this is pretty solid. (Of course, It would be more solid with a scan of the page...).
And, furthermore, I've never seen a substantiated (or credible, IMHO) attribution to N.O. Møller for a design produced outside of J.L. Møller's Møbelfabrik.

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15/06/2014 9:02 am

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thanks for your comments Leif...when i search the index I only get the one reference for Koefod...yet many other chairs are attributed to that name...is there any information about him...not a name I am familiar with...the work is topnotch to my eye!

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16/06/2014 6:15 am

I have access to a very simil...
I have access to a very similar set of these chairs. My great aunt purchased them in 1972. they still have the tags from the furniture store and a date from when she purchased them. Identical except they are clearly marked Svegards Markaryd of Sweden. No idea if they are authentic or early reproductions. Something to look for.

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17/06/2014 2:57 pm

LIS
the chairs you have are called LIS and I have seen them many a times.
There is no link between Moller and Koefoeds as it would be like Ferrari designing cars for Lamborghini!
Koefoeds are also still in production. Link below.
http://www.koefoed.dk/eva.htm

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