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HANS WEGNER (1914-2007)
Lot 18 PROPERTY OF A NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTOR

HANS WEGNER (1914-2007)

A RARE `EASY' CHAIR, DESIGNED 1953

Closed17 December 2015

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HANS WEGNER (1914-2007)
A RARE 'EASY' CHAIR, DESIGNED 1953
manufactured by Johannes Hansen, Copenhagen, oak, leather, fabric upholstery
39 in. (90.9 cm.) high

Specialist note

cf. G. Jalk, ed., 40 Years of Danish Furniture Design 1947-1956, Taastrup, Denmark, 1987, pp. 244-245 for a period photograph of a chair of this model in the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers' Guild Exhibition of 1953;
C. H. Olesen, Wegner Just One Good Chair, exhibition catalogue, Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen, 2014, p. 107.