PAIR OF JENS RISOM BIRCH MID-CENTURY MODERN OPEN ARM CHAIRS.Danish American, Mid-Century, Paper label to underside of chairs marked Jens Rinsom. Chairs having red upholstery on frame having contoured armrests, raised on four tapering legs. - 30 7/8" high x 22 7/8" wide x 19" deep. Estimate $300-400
PROVENANCE: Estate of Thomas Eliot Weil, Washington DC, American Consul in Chong Qing in the 1930s-1940s. Vice-Consul at Canton, 1937-1938. Third Secretary of Embassy at Nanking 1938-1941, Vice-Consul at Shanghai 1941, in Japanese custody seven months.
In good condition, upholstery appears to be old if not period. Structurally sound.
