HANS J WEGNER, a "GE375" easy chair for Getama, Denmark, 1970's


Set of Twelve Hans Wegner Chairs Avery & Dash Collections

With this emphasis on both form and function, Wegner's chairs continue to last generations - physically and stylistically. Here is a guide to 10 Wegner chairs. 1. CH33. An original CH33 dining chair is a rare find. Designed in 1957, Carl Hansen & Son produced it for only 10 years.


Hans Wegner GE290 highback lounge chair for Getama, 1960s 138121

It was 1949 and Danish designer Hans Wegner was at the beach, digging himself into the sand with a shovel. When he found the perfect lean-back position for seaside repose, he set out to make it.


Vintage Hans Wegner wishbone chair & a Baekmark stool, 1960s

Wegner's comfy Papa Bear chair (1951) is an almost surreally re-scaled English wingback chair. Wegner's most representative piece, the Round chair (1949), gained a footnote in political history when it was used on the TV stage of the first Kennedy-Nixon debate of 1960.


Hans Wegner Round Chair at 1stDibs

Hans Jørgensen Wegner (April 2, 1914 - January 26, 2007) was a Danish furniture designer. [4] His work, along with a concerted effort from several of his manufacturers, [5] contributed to the international popularity of mid-century Danish design.


Hans Wegner Early Hans Wegner CH24 'Wishbone' Chair

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Hans Wegner CH25 Chair at 1stDibs

Although Hans Wegner's (1914-2007) Wishbone chair stands as a classic exemplar of mid-century Danish design, its aesthetic roots actually begin farther east.In the 1940s, Wegner, then a recent graduate of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and working for Arne Jacobsen and Erik Møller, was inspired by a series of photos of Danish merchants sitting in Chinese Ming Dynasty-era armchairs.


HANS WEGNER (19142007) , MODEL JH540 VALET CHAIR, DESIGNED 1953

His Round Chair (1949)—with its single, curved back rail forming a parabola of finely shaped wood—was a stylish shot heard round the world, which heralded the arrival of a major design talent and made Danish design a cover story in the United States. Danish furniture designer Hans Wegner in his studio.


SELECT MODERN Hans Wegner CH07 Shell Lounge Chair

Vintage Model GE-530/3 Sofa by Hans J. Wegner for Getama. Sold Out. "A chair," according to Danish designer Hans Wegner, "is to have no backside. It should be beautiful from all angles.". This principle guided Wegner in the design of every one of the 500 chairs he developed during his lifetime—100 of which were ultimately put into.


Vintage Hans J. Wegner 'Cigar' oak lounge chair 97532

Universally regarded as one of the most innovative and prolific furniture designers in a classic modernist style, Hans Wegner designed the Swivel chair in response to a call to introduce ergonomics to the design of chairs.


HANS J WEGNER, "The Chair", model "JH 503", Johannes Hansen, Denmark

Best known for his chairs and seating pieces — though a master of many furniture types like sofas and tables — Hans Wegner was a prolific designer whose elegant, often ebullient, forms and devotion to the finest methods in joinery made "Danish Modern" a popular byword for stylish, well-made furniture in the mid-20th century.. Wegner considered himself a carpenter first and a furniture.


SELECT MODERN Hans Wegner CH07 Shell Lounge Chair

Hans J. Wegner Wishbone Chair: The Wishbone chair is a minimalist archetype that holds true to the mid-century modern era. An uncommon and impeccable merger of natural elements and being functional. Hans J Wegner's broad knowledge of wood has given life to this intricate composition of a chair.


SELECT MODERN Hans Wegner CH07 Shell Lounge Chair

At the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers' Guild exhibition in 1947, Holger Hansen, son of cabinetmaker Carl Hansen, met Hans Wegner, a young designer making radical new furnishings: sleek forms inspired.


design classic The Chair by Hans Wegner 1949 — danish design review

An exceedingly rare Hans J. Wegner Model A721 cognac leather and oak early Danish Mid-century executive chair for Planmøbel, Denmark 1940. Originally designed by Wegner following his work for Arne Jacobsen and Erik Møller's ground breaking Rådhus (Aarhus City Hall) project in 1940, the A721, stands out as one of his earliest known chair designs.


design classic The Chair by Hans Wegner 1949 — danish architecture and

Wishbone chair ⸱ hans j wegner ⸱ ch24 ⸱ lounge ⸱ kaare klint Featured chairs by Hans J. Wegner CH24 | Wishbone Chair FSC™-certified beech, oil, natural paper cord View product CH22 | Lounge Chair oak, oil, natural paper cord, back: walnut View product CH23 | Chair oak, oil, natural paper cord, back: walnut View product CH25 | Lounge Chair


HANS WEGNER (19142007) , MODEL CH07 LOUNGE CHAIR, DESIGNED 1963

AMY NEUNSINGER The Design Working with Holger Hansen (the "son" in Carl Hansen & Son), Wegner presented the Wishbone, whose central feature is a Y-shaped back that supports an elegant, curved.


This is how the iconic Hans Wegner Wishbone Chair originated

Hans J. Wegner is the undisputed master of Danish chair design. Wegner has designed countless chairs, many of which—such as the Hans Wegner Wishbone Chair, Wegner Wing Chair, and Wegner CH07 Shell Chair —are internationally recognized classics.

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