211 - JØRGEN KASTHOLM (Denmark, 1931 - 2007) and PREBEN FABRICIUS (Denmark, 1931 - 1984) for Walter Knoll.

JØRGEN KASTHOLM (Denmark, 1931 - 2007) and PREBEN FABRICIUS (Denmark, 1931 - 1984) for Walter Knoll. A pair of Tulip lounge chairs with a glass table, upholstery in dark brown leather, with a swivel 3-star base in aluminum, the chairs were designed in 1964. The table designer is unknown. Chairs are with minor marks. Chairs by Walter Knoll. Measurements: 84 x 80 x 64 cm, seat high 41. Table Diameter 65 cm, height 74 cm. The Tulip Chair is one of the most iconic pieces of modern design and a benchmark of 20th century furniture. Its elegant and refined silhouette stands out for the innovative central base that eliminates the traditional legs, creating a light and sculptural aesthetic. Made with high quality materials, it combines functionality, comfort and sophistication. The importance of the Tulip Chair lies in its ability to revolutionize furniture design by proposing a completely new formal solution that broke with the conventional schemes of the time. Thanks to its balance between innovation, ergonomics and timeless beauty, it has become a collector's item in homes, offices, public spaces and museums around the world, maintaining its relevance decades after its creation. Tulip chair, or tulip, which was designed by Preben Fabricius and Jörgen Kastholm. Danish architect and designer Jørgen Kastholm began his training as a blacksmith, but soon left to devote himself to furniture design. He attended the Copenhagen School of Interior Design, where he was taught by Finn Juhl. There he also met cabinetmaker Preben Fabricius, who would later become his partner. The two shared a common vision of furniture design, based on minimalism and quality and inspired by the creations of Charles Eames and Mies van der Rohe. Their quest was to achieve an ideal that, by its simplicity, would be timeless. In 1961 they set up a studio together in Gentofte, and four years later they presented their first designs at the Federicia furniture fair, where they attracted the attention of the German furniture manufacturer Alfred Kill. The latter offered them a lucrative contract that allowed them to work freely, so Kastholm and Fabricius moved to Stuttgart with their first designs to start production in Kill's factory. Shortly thereafter, they made the international breakthrough at the 1966 Cologne trade fair, where they exhibited a complete series of home and office furniture, developed from ten of their original designs. Their minimalist creations, at once attractive and comfortable, were generally steel and leather furniture. The two creators worked together between 1961 and 1968, a seven-year period in which they produced numerous designs now considered classics, such as the Tulip Chair FK 6725, the Grasshopper FK 87 or the Scimitar. Also during this period, their furniture was part of important international exhibitions, held in such prominent centers as the MOMA in New York (1967) or the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris (1967). Today, designs by Kastholm and Fabricius can be seen at the MACBA in Barcelona, the MOMA in New York, the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris, the Ringling Museum in Florida, the Art Museum of Brasilia, the Design Center in Stuttgart, the Haus Industriform in Essen, the Neue Sammlung in Munich, the Staatsgemäldesammlung Bayer in Munich, the Kunstindustrimuseum in Berlin, the Kunststofmuseum in Düsseldorf, the World Import Mart Museum and the History + Folkways Museum in Japan and the Museum für Angewandte Kunstgeschichte in Cologne.