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White Leather Bird Chair by Preben Fabricius & Jørgen Kastholm for Alfred Kill International, 1970s

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Vintage Design

The leather high back ‘Bird’ Chair, also commonly referred to as the ‘Tulip’ chair, was designed by Preben Fabricius and Jørgen Kastholm and manufactured in Germany by Alfred Kill International during the 1950s/1960s. This piece is an original mid-century 'Alfred Kill International' version, not the newly made Walter Knoll version. The piece is made from a fiberglass shell that is encased by the original white leather upholstery. This version has a five-star metal base with movable casters on the ends.
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Designer Preben Fabricius & Jørgen Kastholm
Manufacturer Kill International
Design Period 1960 to 1969
Production Period 1960 to 1969
Country of Manufacture Germany
Attribution Marks This piece is a well-known design that is well documented in general design literature
Style Mid-Century
Detailed Condition Very Good — This vintage item has no defects, but it may show slight traces of use.
Restoration and Damage Details Light wear consistent with age and use, Patina consistent with age and use
Product Code IXC-244184
Materials Fiberglass, Leather, Steel
Color Cream
Width 74 cm 29.1 inch
Depth 64 cm 25.2 inch
Height 110 cm 43.3 inch
Seat Height 18.9 inch
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About the Maker

Kill International

Very little biographical information is available for German furniture producer Alfred Kill—or his legendary firm Kill International—even though Kill’s collaborations with renowned designers like Preben Fabricius and Jørgen Kastholm resulted in a number of highly successful designs, many of which are now considered to be classics of midcentury modernism.

Sometime in the mid-20th century, Alfred Kill established Kill International in Stuttgart-Fellbach, Germany. It is conjectured that Kill added “International” to the firm’s name in imitation of his extremely successful and popular competitor, Knoll International. And like other companies in the market, such as Walter Knoll and Herman Miller, Kill began to develop collaborations with innovative designers who would create high-end, modernist furniture lines. In the early 1960s, he discovered the work of Kastholm (1931-2007) and Fabricius (1931-1984) at the Fredericia furniture fair. Not keen on having their furniture mass-produced, the duo finally agreed to work with Kill after he promised them total control over production and hefty salaries. This partnership would eventually secure a place for Kastholm and Fabricius, as well as Kill International, in design history.

Kastholm and Fabricius favored a functionalist approach and a minimalist aesthetic, always aimed at simplicity and timelessness. Their lounge chairs and sofas were made almost exclusively in leather and steel—in contrast to many of their contemporaries, who preferred to work with wood. Before the duo parted ways in the late 1960s, they designed numerous pieces for Kill, including important designs like the Scimitar Chair (1962); Bo-562 Sofa and Bo-562 Chair (1963); Scimitar Table (1964); X Chair (1968), which bears a striking resemblance to Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Chair (1947); and FK 710 Skater Chair (1968). Both the FK 6725 "Tulip" Chair (1965)—which was the first winner of the Germany’s Gute Form prize in 1969—and the Grasshopper Chaise Lounge (1968) have become modernist icons.

In addition to Fabricius and Kastholm, German industrial designer Horst Brüning (b. 1934) also designed minimalist yet functional furniture for Kill. Brüning’s designs include the 6910 Sofa (1967), 6915 Daybed, and 128 Bar Cart (both 1968). In 2008, forty-one years after its inception, the 6910 Sofa was awarded the “Best of the Best” design prize at the IMM Cologne.

During its heyday, Kill International was one of Germany’s most important furniture manufacturers, influencing an entire future generation of architects and furniture designers. The circumstances of the company’s eventual closing are unknown, but the surviving work has become highly collectible.

 

 

 

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