MODEL COCKTAIL BENCH / DESIGN FINN JUHL

COCKTAIL BENCH 1951 In 1951, Finn Juhl designed the bench for Baker Furniture in USA, who named it “Rectangular Cocktail table”. However, in the original drawing Finn Juhl referred to it simply as “bench”, which is the reason why we have decided to name it “Cocktail Bench”. The details on the Cocktail Bench is recognizable from the round Cocktail Table, which was relaunched in 2009. The economy was booming in the US during the 1950s. Hollywood and the new upper class had made cocktail parties immensely popular and Finn Juhl was readily impressed by this newfound American extravagance, which he got...