how to identify a hans wegner chair

The very faded (?)

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I am quite sure it is not by Hvidt, and would be surprised to find out it is by Jalk for Poul Jeppesen.

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The various types of wood were the most important element when creating the various chairs, tables, desks, and other pieces. Similarities to Jalk's chiar for Glostrup, but not quite. Please enter your email address. We will take quick info round before we dive deeper, and there are some good reasons why.

The fact the M and D are capitalized, combined with the defined font, may help point us in the right direction.

Another popular timber was teak.

One of the strongest similarities is with Johannes Andersen's lounge chair design, but again, definitely not it. We have identified these works in the following photos from our exhibition history.

Teak, brass and leather. Richard Roth Purchase Fund. /* ----------------------------------------- */ /* Content Template: loop-item-in-dsmenu - start */ /* ----------------------------------------- */ .xyzl, .xyzl div{ text-align:left !important} /* ----------------------------------------- */ /* Content Template: loop-item-in-dsmenu - end */ /* ----------------------------------------- */I agree to receive an email confirmation with a link to set a password. !Well, actually the chair is not identified in that thread at all. Maybe I am just high, but who do you think your chair is by? In 2018–19, MoMA collaborated with Google Arts & Culture Lab on a If you would like to reproduce an image of a work of art in MoMA’s collection, or an image of a MoMA publication or archival material (including installation views, checklists, and press releases), please contact All requests to license audio or video footage produced by MoMA should be addressed to Scala Archives at If you would like to reproduce text from a MoMA publication or moma.org, please email By visiting our website or transacting with us, you agree to this. 37 x 20 3/4 x 20 3/4" (94 x 52.7 x 52.7 cm).

Leif I can't Thank you enough!!!!!!!! !Thank you Kyle, I appreciate your response, Could they possibly be Distinctive furniture by Stanley chairs?They're marked made in Denmark so I doubt it, that's the kind of clue no to dismiss. Please So who made and designed it is still a completely open question.It might be interesting to see the knockdown hardware.Wait, I agree, Leif is amazing, but he did not tell you anything. ....... because I am pretty sure that he just commented that someone else was asking about the same chair, that is it.There were two other designers and one maker listed in that post, Peter Hvidt, and Grete Jalk for Poul Jeppesen. 37 x 20 3/4 x 20 3/4" (94 x 52.7 x 52.7 cm) I would really appreciate the help! With new webbing and probably new foam it will be very comfortable.

The side profile is even more similar to a lot of other low back Danish lounge chairs. He designed over 500 different chairs, as well as hundreds of beds, desks, tables, and lighting. 11 other works identified Hans J. Wegner CH 24 Style Y-Chair / Wishbone Chair is refined with a unique 1950 design style, a tribute to Wegner’s iconic design. The way the arms blend into the leg/stile hearkens to some of Johannes Hansen's construction.One of the main clues we have here might be the "Made in Denmark".

Not everything was made of wood, though. With a little bit of research about your chair and the manufacturing process, you can find out a few interesting facts about how your coveted piece of design is made, and you will be better equipped to identify a copy. By visiting our website or transacting with us, you agree to this.

Oak and beech were very popular choices for many designers such as Wegner, Mogensen, Koch, and Panton. Hopefully you'll be that lucky.That is the trouble with this one, it has a lot of similarities to other designs.It definitely has similarities to Vodder and Juhl's designs for France, but is surely neither. You will receive mail with link to set new password.Copyright © 2019 Design Addict. All rights reserved. I like the arms a lot. For example, an Egg Chair is made with only two pieces of leather, one for the front and one for the back, so there is no seam down the middle compared to many knock-offs out there.

Hans Wegner. Wishbone chairs are often referred to as “Y chairs” . For example, Glostrup's is very distinctive.And no, I have not displayed any amazingness here at all, except recognizing it as a chair I saw hours ago, which is rather a routine parlor trick, and won't earn me a mela or get me in a door.Sorry, I am not posting in real time, and I am high.Would be great to see who this design belongs to. Working in printing at National Geographic, Hans Wegner became very interested in paper usage and the best practices related to the printing industry. c. 1950.

You totally made my day!

France and son always used all lower case from what I have seen. It was just a random danish chair with box cushions. Wegner helped identify Denmark’s global head for fashion furniture design, which is probably one of the chairs that helped him do this.

The Wishbone chair is the last and most distinct of the series.. The tops of the lower case letters are below the midpoint of the upper case letters, a font style that is not the usual in furniture marks. Papa Bear Chair by Hans J. Wegner – 1951 – AP19 – PP19.

This type of chair was very, very common back then.

This type of chair was very, very common back then.

area on that one back leg is a bit worrisome but I had a teak chair that was faded in places to that degree and it came back just with oiling. Johannes Hansen, Denmark. The side profile of the chair is very similar to the Arne Vodder Model 164.The side profile is even more similar to a lot of other low back Danish lounge chairs. Can anyone please help to identify this chair?

I have never seen another one like the one I bought, and I've looked at hundreds of them online by this point.Yours is nice, though!