Description
This pair SOLD through iNVISeDGE way back in 2007 for $1095 the PAIR. Today in 2019 I’d price a re-upholstered pair like this at around $1995 (approx $1000 each). NOTE- we also have other listings on the iNVISeDGE website showing this design. Use the SEARCH box to find them. (Type in – “FLER Narvik”)
Background Info and Provenance
Written in 2007 (when this pair were sold)
A beautiful PAIR of 1960’s FLER Narvik single-seater lounge chairs that have the refined quality of Danish furniture. This pair are the LOW-BACK version and boast the superior construction qualities for which FLER is renowned. FLER was Fred Lowen’s first furniture business (FLER stands for Fred Lowen, Ernst Rodek, who was his business partner). FLER was responsible for a range of brilliant furniture designs and these Narvik lounges are up there with their best work. After experiencing success in the 50’s and 60’s with FLER, Fred Lowen went on to establish Tessa furniture which achieved wide acclaim for several designs that are still in production to this day (this was written in 2007) including the classic T4 lounge, held in the Australian National Gallery. Today there are few lounges on the market that hold or increase in value over time- lounges from the 1950’s thru to the early 70’s that have sculptural timber frames tend to be some of the only designs that do. There are a myriad of reasons for this including-
- QUALITY construction that has already proven itself for over 40 years
- beautifully finished timber-frames which are rarely seen anymore because they require hours of careful work (much by hand)
- the armrests are not upholstered so these lounges look better for longer because cleaning is easier and needed less frequently
- re-upholstery of these cushions is easier and less costly than virtually any other lounge
- these have a timeless design that would look amazing in many homes
- they’re rare- Narviks are getting very hard to get these days
I feel these chairs are undervalued and for the amount of work involved, should fetch a lot more- they should only increase in value in the future because they could never be cheaply and easily reproduced.
1906
