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	Chairs from Koldinghus
	Four chairs ca. 1720 Beech, gilt leather. 48 x 38 x 117 cm. MKH 15595-15598. Donated 1964. Literature: Sigvard Skov: Johs. Kjølbye 1887-1963. 1964, p. 14. These four chairs became the property of Koldinghus when the castle was being refurbished by King Frederik IV in the 1720s. The alterations made to the castle on this occasion were in keeping with the sense of order and balance represented by the Baroque period. The layout of the castle's windows as seen today is a result of these renovations, as is the sandstone portal with King Frederik IV's crowned back-to-back monogram and the date 1720. Following the fire at Koldinghus in 1808, the chairs were sold, along with a number of other effects that had been saved, but for which no use could be found at the other royal castles in Denmark. The chairs thus came to be privately owned in the village of Nørre Bjert, north-east of Kolding. They were discovered there by Johannes Kjølbye, who subsequently donated them to Koldinghus. Johannes Kjølbye was a specialist medical officer and the museum's chairman from 1955 to 1963. The chairs are typical examples of the French Regency style. Similar chairs, previously in the possession of the Danish royal household, are on display in the Kunstindustrimuseet (The Danish Museum of Decorative Art).