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A set of six 'The Chair' armchairs, designed 1949
Details
HANS WEGNER (1914-2007)
A set of six 'The Chair' armchairs, designed 1949
executed by master cabinetmaker Johannes Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark, oak, cane
each 30 ½ high x 25 wide x 20 ½ in. deep (77.4 x 63.5 x 52 cm.)
underside of each branded JOHANNES HANSEN/COPENHAGEN DENMARK and impressed with 5
A set of six 'The Chair' armchairs, designed 1949
executed by master cabinetmaker Johannes Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark, oak, cane
each 30 ½ high x 25 wide x 20 ½ in. deep (77.4 x 63.5 x 52 cm.)
underside of each branded JOHANNES HANSEN/COPENHAGEN DENMARK and impressed with 5
Literature
Other examples of this model illustrated:
'9 nona triennale di milano', Domus, no. 259, June 1951, p. 29;
Grete Jalk, ed., Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar, Volume 3: 1947-1956, Copenhagen, 2000, pp. 99-101;
Christian Holmsted Olesen, Wegner: just one good chair, exh. cat., Design Museum Denmark, Copenhagen, 2014, pp. 6, 14, 16, 52, 63, 66, 82, 90, 133-35.
'9 nona triennale di milano', Domus, no. 259, June 1951, p. 29;
Grete Jalk, ed., Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar, Volume 3: 1947-1956, Copenhagen, 2000, pp. 99-101;
Christian Holmsted Olesen, Wegner: just one good chair, exh. cat., Design Museum Denmark, Copenhagen, 2014, pp. 6, 14, 16, 52, 63, 66, 82, 90, 133-35.
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