E. Kold Christensen - Poul Kjaerholm - Chair - PK20 - Leather, Steel

Design Poul Kjærholm for E. Kold Christensen
PK20 lounge chair.

The chair in auction is an original E. Kold Christensen production version from the 70s.
The chair has been fully reupholstered in the correct, fresh leather, by a professional company in Denmark run by a former Fritz Hansen employee. The freshness of the leather shows in the images, which should not be mistaken for stains!

Shipping within The Netherlands and Belgium seller will do for free! Other countries shipping at cost. Manual pick-up is also possible of course.

The PK20 is a laidback and elegant easy chair, designed by Poul Kjærholm. It is handcrafted. The chair features soft leather upholstery and a reclining headrest, resting on a flexible spring steel frame. Over the years, the PK20 has become a Poul Kjærholm classic – as well as a permanent fixture at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Poul Kjærholm was a trained cabinet maker and
continued his studies at the Danish School of
Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen. He had a particular interest in different construction materials, especially steel, which he considered a natural material with the same artistic fineness as other natural materials. Poul Kjærholm was first employed at the Fritz Hansen company for about a year, where he designed a number of noteworthy chair prototypes. In 1955, Poul Kjærholm initiated his collaboration with manufacturer Ejvind Kold Christensen, which lasted until Kjærholm’s death in 1980. In 1982, Fritz Hansen took over the manufacture and sales of “The Kjærholm Collection”, which was developed over the period 1951 to 1967.

A new Fritz Hansen PK20 is currently priced at 13000€. And then you don’t have an original Kold Christensen!