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Chair
1942 · birch with cotton webbing
Overall: 78.7 x 44.5 x 50.8 cm (31 x 17 1/2 x 20 in.)
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Jens Risom
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Good Design: 5th Anniversary
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1955
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Good Design
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1953
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Good Design
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1952
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Design for Use
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1944
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Jens Risom was an American designer and furniture maker who shaped postwar domestic modernism through clean-lined wooden chairs and tables that synthesized Scandinavian craftsmanship with American production methods. Born in Denmark and based in the United States from the 1940s onward, his work established a vocabulary of accessible modernist furniture that defined mid-century American interiors. Risom's designs prioritized structural clarity and material honesty, employing solid wood and simple joinery to create pieces that were both visually restrained and functionally robust.
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Museum of Modern Art
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