An exceptional and rare ‘Viking Revival’ Arts and Crafts Throne by Lars Kinsarvik (1846-1925).
Fairytale as chair. This museum quality work was carved shortly after Norway gained independence from Sweden, recalling medieval carvings and Norse mythology with its dragons, kings and trolls set among interlacing scrolls and tendrils.
Kinsarvik was a pioneering Norwegian woodcarver and designer, known for his role in developing the “Dragon Style” which drew on Viking and medieval ornament. He trained as a cabinetmaker and became an important figure in the late nineteenth-century revival of traditional crafts, aligning himself with the wider Arts and Crafts movement in Europe. From his workshop in Hardanger, he produced intricately carved furniture and decorative objects that combined folk motifs with a contemporary design sensibility. In time, his pieces found international recognition and are now displayed in museums all around the world.
108cm x 72cm x 62 (of large proportions).
C1908, Norway.
Literature
The Art Institute of Chicago for a comparable chair.
Similar works by Kinsarvik are also held in the Musée d’Orsay Paris, the V&A London and the Louvre Abu Dhabi.
The Arts & Crafts Movement in Europe and America, Design for the Modern World, Wendy Kaplan, 2004.
Lars Kinsarvik, Skaparen av ‘den norske stilen’ I nyare treskjerarkunst, Arnfinn Engen, 1996.
Provenance
Private Collection, The Netherlands.
London collection or worldwide shipping available on all items. Please email beforehand for a quote, or select pick up at checkout.
An exceptional and rare ‘Viking Revival’ Arts and Crafts Throne by Lars Kinsarvik (1846-1925).
Fairytale as chair. This museum quality work was carved shortly after Norway gained independence from Sweden, recalling medieval carvings and Norse mythology with its dragons, kings and trolls set among interlacing scrolls and tendrils.
Kinsarvik was a pioneering Norwegian woodcarver and designer, known for his role in developing the “Dragon Style” which drew on Viking and medieval ornament. He trained as a cabinetmaker and became an important figure in the late nineteenth-century revival of traditional crafts, aligning himself with the wider Arts and Crafts movement in Europe. From his workshop in Hardanger, he produced intricately carved furniture and decorative objects that combined folk motifs with a contemporary design sensibility. In time, his pieces found international recognition and are now displayed in museums all around the world.
108cm x 72cm x 62 (of large proportions).
C1908, Norway.
Literature
The Art Institute of Chicago for a comparable chair.
Similar works by Kinsarvik are also held in the Musée d’Orsay Paris, the V&A London and the Louvre Abu Dhabi.
The Arts & Crafts Movement in Europe and America, Design for the Modern World, Wendy Kaplan, 2004.
Lars Kinsarvik, Skaparen av ‘den norske stilen’ I nyare treskjerarkunst, Arnfinn Engen, 1996.
Provenance
Private Collection, The Netherlands.
London collection or worldwide shipping available on all items. Please email beforehand for a quote, or select pick up at checkout.
