Birgit Lyngbye Pedersen

Karsten R. S. Ifversen

"This book tells the story of the Trusteeship Council Chamber, designed by Denmark's Finn Juhl and inaugurated in 1952 at United Nations Headquarters. It is the story of Juhl's original total work of art, of how it was carefully restored, and how it has become a splendid example of a living cultural legacy"-- Page 4 of cover.

A Living Legacy

Finn Juhl at the UN

Per H. Hansen

Birgit Lyngbye Pedersen was looking for the right sofa for a house from the fifties and discovered Finn Juhl (1912-1989), whose furniture is experiencing a renaissance in the wake of the retro wave. When Juhl's house in Charlottenlund, which he designed and decorated in 1941-42, came up for sale, Pedersen purchased the building and all of its furnishings, presenting it immediately afterward to the adjacent Ordrupgaard Museum. This monograph takes a look at Finn Juhl-alongside Hans J. Wegner and Arne Jacobsen one of the most important Danish Modernists-in an agreeably unpretentious way. Per H. Hansen, a renowned expert in Scandinavian furniture design, provides a humorous, extremely informative description of Juhl's unconventional character and classic furniture-the Chieftain Chair, the Pelican Chair, or the Poet Sofa. Drawings, original photographs, images of the newly curated house (2008), and an amusing final chapter about his patrons round off this unusual volume.

Birgit Lyngbye Pedersen

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