The Little Petra chair was first made for the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers Guild in 1938. Designed by Viggo Boesen (1907 – 1985) a Danish architect was not widely known and nicknamed the “unknown Artisan“. Though his name may not be well known, his funkis designs contributed to Denmark’s signature design aesthetic in the 1930’s. The Funkis style, functionalism, was Denmark’s precursor to Danish modernism “Distinguished by a softer, more abundant, organic aesthetic that challenged the minimalistic approach of Bauhaus” – &Tradition The Little Petra…
