Wegner Round Chair

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Wegner round chair. Round one is minimalist art reduced to its bare essentials. With a background as a skilled cabinet maker hans wegner has a fondness for integrating wood into his chairs and he has a special talent for using the characteristics of the material to create surprising sculptural lines. Yet wegner remained rather unimpressed with his own creation they. Tischler tradition der kultiviertes.

Wegner s furniture you begin to understand. It is still in production but is now made by pp møbler and in their catalogues is chair pp501. The world s largest manufacturer of furniture designed by hans j. This turned out to be the beginning of danish design s great international breakthrough.

To wegner a chair isn t just a piece of furniture but a work of art made to support the human form. Famously when kennedy and nixon sweated it out during the first televised presidential debate they were both. Check out also the pp mobler video at. The round one as wegner referred to it with his usual provincial modesty is perhaps the most famous danish piece of furniture of them all which says a bit.

A miniature chair viewed from various angles. Already a year after the production of this chair startet at johannes hansen møbelsnedkeri a s it was noticed by the american magazine for design and architecture interiors. The danish word for design is formgivning which translated literally means giving shape. Mehr als 100 davon gingen in produktion und eine vielzahl zählt zu den ikonen internationalen möbeldesigns.

With a seat beautifully hand woven from 120 metres of paper cord more than 100 production steps are taken to craft this exquisite chair. Mit seiner zurückhaltenden zutief st menschlichen form faßt dieses möbel die e ssenz dän. Der round chair 1949 den das amerikanische magazin interiors den schönsten stuhl der welt nannte und der 1961 im ersten jemals ausgestrahlten tv duell zwischen den präsidentschaftskandidaten john f. Master craftsman jeremy broun made a copy of hans wegner s round chair nicknamed the chair fifty years ago.

It required incredible craftsmanship to create such smooth curves each of the crescent shaped armrests are fashioned from a block of wood and interior mortise and tenons hide the connection between the arms and legs. Available in light blue white red and black finishes the chair is crafted with a gently rounded beech wood top rail and wonderfully sculptural shape. Offering back support stability and a unique aesthetic the chair s wonderfully sculptural shape allows for freedom of movement and superior comfort. Wegner we also produce works by renowned design masters such as arne jacobsen børge mogensen ole wanscher kaare klint poul kjærholm mogens koch bodil kjær and tadao ando.

The round chair from 1949 is one of wegner s most iconic pieces and a highlight of danish design. Exported to america it is now known there simply as the chair. So zum beispiel der peacock chair 1947. Made in oak by the cabinetmaker johannes hansen it was identified in subsequent catalogues as chair jh501 but it was wegner himself who described it as the round one and in denmark it is known generally as the round chair.