House of Finn Juhl reissues Little Mother sofa after 75 years "in hibernation"
Danish furniture producer House of Finn Juhl has relaunched a sofa created by the renowned furniture designer for his own home in 1945.
The Little Mother Sofa is one of the lesser-known furniture designs developed by Finn Juhl, who was responsible for iconic pieces such as the Chieftain Chair and Pelican Chair.
House of Finn Juhl, which owns the exclusive rights to reproduce the designer's furniture, based the reproduction on Juhl's original drawings.
It is thought that only a few copies of the Little Mother were made and it has not been in production since it was first designed.
Describing their reasons for relaunching this particular design, House of Finn Juhl's founders Ivan Hansen and Henrik Sørensen said they find the design "beautiful and extremely relevant in a modern context." "We are very much looking forward to adding another piece to our Finn Juhl range," the company added, "even more so one that has been in hibernation since 1945."
The sofa comes in two lengths and features a slight inward curve at its centre, referencing shapes similar to those found in nature.
This design is typical of Juhl's organic take on modernism, and serves to embrace and support the human body in a comfortable but efficient way wherever the user chooses to sit.
Born in 1912, Juhl studied architecture at the Royal Academy of Arts in Copenhagen. He never completed his studies, instead working for the architect Villhelm Lauritzen before founding his own s...
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