Rare Set Of 6 G Plan Danish Design Chairs By Ib Kofod Larsen

Rare set of 6 G Plan Danish design chairs by Ib Kofod Larsen

We actually have 7 of these plus 1 carver . We bought 2 sets of 4 from families of original owners who both bought them new in around 1963. They were all upholstered in their original black vinyl which doesn’t meet current UK fire regulations so we’ve had them fully re-upholstered by our in-house upholsterer in a lovely petrol ( Blue/green ) felted wool.

Ib Kofod Larsen designed the Danish design range in 1962 for G Plan as a premium range where Danish design met good quality British manufacture at a mid-way price. He initially designed 3 chairs for the range and this was by far the most expensive model. This was also the only one to be offered with a carver option. The other 2 models cost £8 7 shillings and 6d and £10 5shillings each, whereas the standard chair of this design was £15 and the carver £19 10shillings. This was a lot for a dining chair in 1963 when standard chairs cost around £6 or £7 each and most people couldn’t have afforded to pay this amount, so very few were sold. They are a much more solid design than the cheaper Danish Design models as well as being more comfortable.

We are selling the carver separately and also the 7th chair, probably for use as desk chairs.

Condition
The teak frames have been fully cleaned and oiled. The seats and backs have been newly upholstered in a lovely petrol blue/green felted wool that we managed to source.

Notes
The 1963 G Plan Danish Design brochure we have says of the range in a paragraph that says ”A last word about prices. Even though prices are below that of imported furniture, this furniture cannot be called cheap, for it takes time and a great deal of skilled labour to produce furniture as superbly made as this. But remember, this is furniture that will beautify your home for a lifetime”.

Another paragraph says ”G Pan Danish has a long future. As you can see G Plan Danish has the classical simplicity of line which means that it will go anywhere, with anything, and will never, never date. This is not furniture that you will live with for a few years and then tire of. This is furniture you will live with all your life, furniture that will mellow with age, that your children will grow up with”.

60+ years later we think this is still true and in real terms taking inflation into account the price today is little different, yet today high end furniture would cost you far more and is less likely to be around in another 60 years !