Jens Risom is a Danish American designer, born in Copenhagen, and one of the first designers to introduce Scandinavian design to the United States. He studied at the Copenhagen School of Industrial Arts & Design, where he was classmates with Hans Wegner (designer of the Papa Bear Chair, among others).
After teaming with Knoll in 1941, they launched the Hans Knoll Furniture Company with 15 pieces of the '600' line, designed by Risom. These pieces included armchairs, stools and lounge chairs made from cedar and surplus webbing, and which have become design classics in the years since.
After the war, he started his own design firm, Jens Risom Design, and his reputation continued to grow. Luckily for us all, these pieces are still available and sold through Knoll.
This is the armless lounge chair (it can also be purchased with arms), and the frame is maple with a clear finish. All the joints are mortise & tenon constructed. Here is the before photo:
And after we refreshed the frame & replaced the webbing:
Beautiful, comfortable & practical ~ exactly what modern classics should be!
Looks wonderful! Where did you get the webbing? we are trying to restore our Risom as well.
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