A SET OF TWELVE BEECH AND RUSH 'Y' CHAIRS

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A SET OF TWELVE BEECH AND RUSH 'Y' CHAIRS
BY HANS WEGNER, MANUFACTURED BY CARL HANEN & SON, CIRCA 1949

The cantilevered armrest a continuation of rear legs supporting a continuous U-shaped arm and crest rail, with Y-shaped splat and rush seats, branded MADE IN DENMARK BY CARL HANSEN & SON ODENSE DENMARK 28½in. (72.5cm.) high, 19½in. (49.5cm.) wide, 16½in. (42cm.) deep

cf. Martin Eidelberg, editor, What Modern Was: Selections from the Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection, Abrams, New York, 1991, pp. 122-123 for an illustration of this model and a discussion by R. Craig Miller of this model's design antecedants. (12)

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