A 'VALET' CHAIR, MODEL JH540, DESIGNED 1953
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HANS WEGNER (1914-2007)
A 'VALET' CHAIR, MODEL JH540, DESIGNED 1953
manufactured by Johannes Hansen, Copenhagen, carved teak, brass, leather
37 ¼ in. (94.6 cm.) high
with manufacturer’s mark and JOHANNES HANSEN/COPENHAGEN/DENMARK
A 'VALET' CHAIR, MODEL JH540, DESIGNED 1953
manufactured by Johannes Hansen, Copenhagen, carved teak, brass, leather
37 ¼ in. (94.6 cm.) high
with manufacturer’s mark and JOHANNES HANSEN/COPENHAGEN/DENMARK
Literature
For other example of this model illustrated:
G. Jalk (ed.), Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar, Volume 3: 1947-1956, Copenhagen, 1987, p. 246;
N. Oda, Danish Chairs, San Francisco, 1999, pp. 116-17;
C. Holmstead Olesen, Wegner, Just One Good Chair, Ostfildern, 2014, pp. 6, 65-66, 128.
G. Jalk (ed.), Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar, Volume 3: 1947-1956, Copenhagen, 1987, p. 246;
N. Oda, Danish Chairs, San Francisco, 1999, pp. 116-17;
C. Holmstead Olesen, Wegner, Just One Good Chair, Ostfildern, 2014, pp. 6, 65-66, 128.
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