Pair of Illum Wikkelsøe 'Genius' Brazilian Rosewood Armchairs, Denmark
Pair of Illum Wikkelsøe 'Genius' Brazilian Rosewood Armchairs, Denmark
Designer
Illum Wikkelsø (1919–1999) was born in Denmark and was one of Denmark's greatest furniture designers during Denmark’s Mid-Century Modern golden era. Wikkelsø may not have got nearly as much attention internationally as his Danish peers such as Hans J. Wenger and Finn Juhl, however his craftsmanship and design was of the same top tier level as theirs.
Model
Genius
Manufacturer
CFC Silkeborg (C. F. Christensen Silkeborg)
Material
Brazilian Rosewood, or Dalbergia nigra a prized exotic wood from Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. A wood that would only be in production from approximately 1955 to 1969. Brazil placed a trade embargo around 1969 on the harvesting of this wood to protect it from extinction and later in 1992 it became banned by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora from trade internationally.
The Genius model has also been made in Mahogany and Teak, but the Brazilian Rosewood model is the most sought after model.
Dimensions
29W x 23D x 31H x 15SH
Year
c. 1965