{"id":5001,"date":"2019-03-08T19:14:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T19:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/?p=5001"},"modified":"2026-04-09T22:06:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T22:06:25","slug":"finn-juhl-signature-carrying-element","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/finn-juhl-signature-carrying-element\/","title":{"rendered":"Finn Juhl and His Signature &#8220;Carrying Element&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5009\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/store\/pc\/Chair-45-Finn-Juhl-Style-p19243.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5009\" class=\"wp-image-5009 size-thumbnail\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Chair45Abstract-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Finn Juhl-Inspired: Chair 45\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Chair45Abstract-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Chair45Abstract-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Chair45Abstract.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finn Juhl-Inspired: Chair 45<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When thinking of all the main designers who played a key roles in bringing Danish Modern Design to the United States, Finn Juhl will always be at the top of this list. \u00a0Born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1912, he pursued his degree in Architecture at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, though his passion for woodworking and furniture design were always hobbies he practiced on his own time, even after graduating. \u00a0By continuing to practice his woodworking techniques, he organically created several unprecedented elements in his furniture designs that his peers applauded for the innovation and beauty and are still celebrated today. \u00a0These elements are distinguishing features one can observe in his furniture designs, most notably are the uniquely curved forms he successfully contoured using teak wood and also his &#8220;Carrying Element.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In 1945, Finn Juhl created his signature method called the \u201cCarrying Element\u201d which involved freeing the seat and back from the chair\u2019s frame.\u00a0 After much experimenting, Juhl successfully created his unique &#8216;carrying element&#8217; for seating and also his widely-acclaimed Chair 45.<\/p>\n<p>Our\u00a0<a href=\"\/store\/pc\/Chair-45-Finn-Juhl-Style-p19243.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-blogger-escaped-target=\"_blank\">Finn Juhl-Inspired Chair 45<\/a>\u00a0honors the original design Finn Juhl created in 1945 and is handcrafted with solid hardwood.\u00a0 With a memory foam cushion and many color options in either fabric or leather to choose, this chair is the perfect addition to any room!<\/p>\n<p>Come check it out in our showroom in <a href=\"\/mc-showroom-bellingham.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-blogger-escaped-target=\"_blank\">Bellingham<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When thinking of all the main designers who played a key roles in bringing Danish Modern Design to the United States, Finn Juhl will always be at the top of this list. \u00a0Born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1912, he pursued his degree in Architecture at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, though his passion for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,22,70,87,34],"tags":[38,56],"class_list":["post-5001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-furniture-notes","category-finn-juhl","category-minimalism","category-modern","category-scandinavian-modern","tag-closer-looks","tag-scandinavian-modern"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5001"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5279,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5001\/revisions\/5279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}