Flemming Lassen was a modernist and was part of the movement to bring functionalism to Denmark. He is particularly renowned for his overstuffed furniture, receiving major international recognition in the design world for his armchairs which today have become known as “the Flemming Lassen style”.

Jacob Kjaer

Model designed in 1940.
Mahogany, sheepskin upholstery.

Furniture

Pair of Armchairs

Literature:
Jalk, Grete, '40 Years of Danish Furniture Design, vol. 2, p. 116. (related model)
Magazine, 'Nyt Tidsskrift For Kunstindustri', no. 1, January 1940, p.171.

Asko

Executed between 1952 and 1956.
Ash, sheepskin upholstery.

Armchair

Executed between 1952-1956.
Ash, sheepskin upholstery.

Pair of Sofas

Literature:
Magazine, 'Nyt Tidsskrift For Kunstindustri', no. 11, November 1940, p. 171.
Jalk, Grete, 'Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar', Volume 2: 1937-1946, Copenhagen, 1987, p. 116.

AJ Iversen

Designed 1935.
Hind legs of stained elm, original steel front castors. Hand woven textil by Hanne Vedel.  
Arm height: 55cm

First exhibited at the Danish Cabinetmaker's Guild exhibition, 13-29 September, 1935. A very rare model, the Hussar armchair is recognised as the precursor or 'prototype' to Flemming Lassen's ubiquitous 'Tired Man' chair, unveiled at the Danish Cabinetmaker's Guild Exhibition the following year. 

Literature: Grete Jalk, ed. 'Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar', vol. 1, Copenhagen, 1987, pp. 214-215

'Hussar' Easy Chair

Original wool textile, hand sewn buttons. Wooden legs. This example made approx. 1935 by cabinetmaker Jacob Kjær. H. 76 cm. L. 195 cm. D. 82 cm.

Provenance: The family of Jacob Kjær

Literature: 
Grete Jalk [ed.]: “40 Years of Danish Furniture Design”, vol. 1, p. 217. 

Model presented at The Copenhagen Cabinetmakers' Guild Exhibition 1935.

Flemming Lassen worked together with various cabinetmakers in the middle of the 1930s, presenting his modern, organic furniture at the annual Cabinetmakers’ Guild Exhibitions. Two cabinetmakers Jacob Kjær and A.J. Iversen, both counted as first among equals and generally otherwise heavily influenced by the 18th century English furniture tradition, would be Lassen’s partners for his most iconic pieces. This extremely rare sofa is probably the best sofa he designed and yet has remained more or less unknown. As with his “Tired Man Chair” the sofa takes a basic form and stretches it into something sculptural.

Rare Sofa

Ash, sheepskin upholstery. 

Literature:
Hans Chr. Hansen, “Snedkerlaugets 14. Møbeludstilling,” Nyt Tidsskrift For Kunstindustri, no. 11, November 1940, p. 171
Grete Jalk, ed., Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar, Volume 2: 1937-1946, Copenhagen, 1987, p. 116

Sofa

Ash, sheepskin upholstery.

Literature:
Hans Chr. Hansen, “Snedkerlaugets 14. Møbeludstilling,” Nyt Tidsskrift For Kunstindustri, no. 11, November 1940, p. 171

Grete Jalk, ed., Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar, Volume 2: 1937-1946, Copenhagen, 1987, p. 116

Wool upholstery, beech legs.. Designed 1940.

Model presented at The Copenhagen Cabinetmakers' Guild Exhibition at Designmuseum Danmark, 1940.
Literature: Grete Jalk [ed.]: “40 Years of Danish Furniture Design”, vol. 2, p. 116.

Flemming Lassen

1902-1984