White Oak Natural Leather Tokyo Chair, Bensen
White Oak Natural Leather Tokyo Chair, Bensen
Tokyo Chair by Bensen
This solid white oak wood framed chair with a removable natural colored saddle leather seat nods to traditional Danish and Japanese designs while maintaining an active footing in the present. A continuous ribbon of shaped solid wood creates the distinctive back and connects to the legs with traditional mortise and tenon construction. The finish is an advanced low build water-based polyurethane that gives the wood a natural open-grain appearance which is both smooth to touch yet very durable. The saddle leather seat is expertly cut, sewn and applied to a multi-layered seat structure to ensure a perfect fit for many years to come.
Bensen is a design and manufacturing group founded in 1981 by Niels Bendtsen. Along with his staff, Bensen designs and overseas production of an extensive line of furnishings. Made in Italy
Measures: 23.5’’ w x 19.75’’ d x 28” h, 18”sh
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Bensen
Bensen is a design and manufacturing group founded in 1981 by Niels Bendtsen. Along with his staff, Bendtsen designs and oversees production of
an extensive line of furnishings.
Designer/Creator Niels Bendtsen
Niels Bendtsen has been immersed in design and craftsmanship his entire life. From a young age, he worked with his father to produce Scandinavian-influenced furniture, and then went on to study, instruct, and finally design pieces of his own. One of his early designs, the Ribbon Chair (1975), sits in the permanent collection at the MoMA.
Born in Denmark in 1943, Bendtsen emigrated to Canada in 1951 and opened his first retail store, Danet Interiors (now Inform Interiors) in 1963. In 1981 Bendtsen founded his own manufacturing line, Bensen, to create high-quality pieces that are both affordable and elegant.
Bendtsen has worked as a Designer for international companies such as Magis, Montis, Moroso, Starbucks, and FLOS. Bendtsen strives to design pieces that are intelligent: a harmony of design, manufacturing, and function that can adapt with their timeless look.
