Set of 4 vintage Danish teak and light gray fabric dining chairs by Kai Kristiansen for SVA Mobler, 1960

Set of 4 dining room chairs designed by Kai Kristiansen for SVA Møbler, Denmark 1960. These chairs are actually from the 1960s but new. The chairs have a teak frame, are reupholstered in a light gray fabric, have new foam and are in very good vintage condition. About the maker Danish designer Kai Kristiansen was born in 1929. Like many of the Danish design greats, he apprenticed himself in cabinet making before enrolling - around 1948 - at the prestigious Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen under the highly influential designer Kaare Klint. At the age of 26, Kristiansen opened his own studio and started making furniture in what would soon become known as the Danish Modern Style. His designs would be produced by well-known Danish manufacturers, such as Feldballes Møbelfabrik, Fornem Møbelkunst, Fritz Hansen and Magnus Olesen.