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Mid Century Modern Find of the Week: Candy-Striped Model 97 Rocker

By Mid Century Mobler - June 23, 2017

in Mid Century Modern Find of the Week | Furniture Design

This gorgeous Danish modern rocker was designed by Holger Georg Jensen for Tønder Møbelværk in 1958.

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This piece is known as Model 97, and these surface occasionally, but this particular piece is a bit special as it retains its colorful original candy striped wool upholstery.

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There is not much known about this designer, and his pieces are commonly attributed to Søren Georg Jensen, but most of (Holger) Jensen's work was done for a company called Kubus in the early- to mid-1960s.

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These "Mid Century Modern Find of the Week" posts are provided courtesy of Mid Century Møbler, which specializes in importing vintage Danish Modern and authentic Mid Century furniture from the 1950s and 1960s.

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Eric Strebel

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It's a unique piece and i like it. However, aesthetically, the vertical upright looks totally out of place. In contrast with some of the other sweeping forms of the piece, does anyone else see that? Kinda wrecks the form and movement of the rocker...

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