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JACOBSEN, Arne
AN ALUMINIUM SIDE CHAIR
designed c.1960, probably manufactured by Fritz Hansen, with one-piece sheet-aluminium seat, the reverse and underside with textured white spray-painted finish, on chromed-metal tubular shaft, on aluminium quadrupartite pedestal, with black-plastic feet, with original red-wool seat cover, secured by drawstring
See Illustration
AN ALUMINIUM SIDE CHAIR
designed c.1960, probably manufactured by Fritz Hansen, with one-piece sheet-aluminium seat, the reverse and underside with textured white spray-painted finish, on chromed-metal tubular shaft, on aluminium quadrupartite pedestal, with black-plastic feet, with original red-wool seat cover, secured by drawstring
See Illustration
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This chair is an example of a model that is believed to have been manufactured in extremely limited quantities, and may not have been developed beyond an experimental or prototype stage. Absent from the standard published catalogues of Jacobsen's work, a photograph illustrating * of these chairs is reproduced in *******************************. This photograph shows the interior of the home of ******, the editor of ********, showing these chairs apparantly in use as dining chairs. The identification of similar chairs in the home of the respected editor is suggestive of the direct links with progressive contemporary furniture manufacturers that could only be accessed by someone with a position of influence in that field.
Stylistically, this chair refers to two of Jacobsen's most influential designs; the gentle "wings" to the back of the chair are suggestive of the "3107" chair of 1955, while the pedestal, seat shape, and general overall proportions are comparable to those of the low-back "Oxford" chair of 1960. Jacobsen's un-upholstered chair forms are characteristically executed in plywood, and this chair model would appear to express a translation of these forms into aluminium.
Stylistically, this chair refers to two of Jacobsen's most influential designs; the gentle "wings" to the back of the chair are suggestive of the "3107" chair of 1955, while the pedestal, seat shape, and general overall proportions are comparable to those of the low-back "Oxford" chair of 1960. Jacobsen's un-upholstered chair forms are characteristically executed in plywood, and this chair model would appear to express a translation of these forms into aluminium.