It is clear that the shape of this neat little settee developed by doubling up two chairs. The chair in question was launched by the designer Finn Juhl and the cabinet maker Niels Vodder at the Copenhagen Cabinet Makers' Guild exhibition in 1948, where it was noted that "… Just as last year, it was unquestionably Finn Juhl who led the way. Above all, his pieces are beautiful - considered as works of art." But the chairs "were not really comfortable to sit in for the average person. The dimensions were somewhat too generous."

Finn Juhl was a master of sculptural, organic forms and natural materials, and learned from both handcraft traditions and mass-production techniques. His furniture defined modern mid-twentieth-century Danish design and was influential throughout Europe and North America.