Live Auction 156520/21 Design
HANS J. WEGNER (1914-2007)
Lot 276

HANS J. WEGNER (1914-2007)

AN EXTENSIVE DINING SUITE, DESIGNED 1952-1953

Closed4 November 2014

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GBP 37,500

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HANS J. WEGNER (1914-2007)
AN EXTENSIVE DINING SUITE, DESIGNED 1952-1953
the table executed by Johannes Hansen, the chairs executed by C. M. Madsen, oak, with leather upholstery, comprising an extending dining table, three extension leaves and ten chairs
dining table: 28 ¼ in. (71.8 cm.) high; 70 in. (177.8 cm.) long; 51 ½ in. (130.8 cm.) wide
each extension leaf 25 ¼ in. (64 cm. long; 51 ½ in. (130.8 cm.) wide;
chairs: 30 in. (76 cm.) high; 19 ¾ in. (50 cm.) wide; 15 ¼ in. (38.7 cm.) deep
table stamped to underside: Johannes Hansen, Denmark;
each chair stamped to stretcher C. M. Madsens Fabrike, Haarby Danmark, Made in Denmark, design Hans Wegner.

Specialist note

Hans J. Wegner is represented at several international museums, to include the Museum of Modern Art and Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Die Neue Sammlung, Munich; the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, and was most recently the subject of a major retrospective at the Design Museum, Copenhagen.