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Jørgen Kastholm and Preben Fabricius Scimitar Chair
The original idea to the classic chair came to architect and professor
Jørgen Kastholm more than 40 years ago. It was while the furniture
designer Jørgen Kastholm worked in Lebanon in the beginning of the
sixties, he was first inspired to make a chair with architect Preben
Fabricius.
Together they designes Scimitar chair as a part of a line,
of unique furniture, where many other pieces are also made by bo-ex
furniture aps. Having the chair manufactures, was at first an extremely
difficult task. The base which is created by pouring hot metal into 3
individual ceramic molds and then welded into this beautiful shape, was
a big assignment, that even B&W (Burmaister & Wain Shipyard)
amongst others turned down.
The architects finally got in contact with
Ivan Schlechter, who agreed to take on the production and the chair was
first shown to the public in 1963 at an exhibition at Copenhagen Museum
of Industrial Arts. The Scimitar chair received great attention in its
early years and has been featured in several books. It had been shown
as an excellent example of classic Danish design to architect and
design students around the world.
The chair has not been in production
since 1984, but has now been brought back from its somewhat anonymous
existence by Gert Auhagen, owner of bo-ex furniture aps, who carefully
and with precession was restored the orginal base, and is now ready to
be produced again.
Design:
Jørgen Kastholm
Preben Fabricius
Year:
1963
Manufacturer:
bo-ex furniture aps
Jørgen Kastholm designs
Preben Fabricius designs
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