Hans J. Wegner
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Hans J. Wegner

Son of a shoe-maker in southern Jutland, Hans Wegner, finished his formal training as a cabinetmaker with master cabinetmaker Stahlberg in 1930 before starting at Teknologisk Institut in Copenhagen. He soon moved to the School of Arts and Crafts in the Danish capital where he became architect in 1938, and started teaching in 1946.

In 1940 he joined Arne Jacobsen and Erik Møller in Arhus, to design the furniture for the new Arhus city hall. He started to work with 'minister' cabinetmaker Johannes Hansen in 1940 and showed his first furniture in the famous Hansen store on Bredgade 65 in 1941. Johannes Hansen was more than twice as old as the 26 year old Wegner but the unique collaboration between the two became the undisputed backbone of Danish furniture design and the main reason for it's world wide recognition in the fifties and sixties. The Copenhagen Museum of Art and Industry acquired the first Wegner chair in 1942.

In 1943 he started his own design office and 1 year later designed the first of a long series of 'chinese' chairs inspired by portraits of Danish merchants sitting in Ming chairs for Fritz Hansen. In 1950 Wegner designed the “Wishbone Chair” produced by Carl Hansen & Søn in Odense which became the most successful of all Wegner chairs. Most well known for it’s use by Kennedy and Nixon in their famous CBS TV debate of 1960.

  • CH36 chair
    CH36 chair

    Carl Hansen & Søn

    Regular price
    From $1,710
  • CH24 Wishbone chair
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    CH24 Wishbone chair

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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    From $1,270
  • CH327 medium table
    CH327 medium table

    Carl Hansen & Søn

    Regular price
    From $6,660
  • CH24 Wishbone - Children's Chair
    CH24 Wishbone - Children's Chair

    Carl Hansen & Søn

    Regular price
    $1,270
  • CH008 Coffee Table by Carl Hansen & Son
    CH008 Coffee Table by Carl Hansen & Son

    Outlet

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    $1,950  $4,830
  • CH004 Nesting Tables (Set of 3)
    CH004 Nesting Tables (Set of 3)

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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    From $2,670
  • CH29P Sawbuck Chair
    CH29P Sawbuck Chair

    Carl Hansen & Søn

    Regular price
    From $2,090
  • CH24 Wishbone Cushion Leather
    CH24 Wishbone Cushion Leather

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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  • 1788 Easy Chair
    1788 Easy Chair

    Fredericia

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    From $7,859
  • J16 Stool
    J16 Stool

    Fredericia

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    From $2,129
  • J16 Rocking Chair
    J16 Rocking Chair

    Fredericia

    Regular price
    From $6,310
  • CH102 "100 Series" 2 seat sofa
    CH102

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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    From $15,550
  • CH008 120dia coffee table
    CH008 120dia coffee table

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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  • CH78 Lounge Chair Walnut
    CH78 Lounge Chair Walnut

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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  • CH78 Lounge Chair Oak
    CH78 Lounge Chair Oak

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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  • CH88P upholstered chair
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    CH88P upholstered chair

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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  • PP85 180W
    PP85 180W

    PP Møbler

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    From $18,550
  • PP85 160W
    PP85 160W

    PP Møbler

    Regular price
    From $16,750
  • PP84 Cross Legged Table
    PP84 Cross Legged Table

    PP Møbler

    Regular price
    From $9,060
  • PP75 140 table
    PP75 140 table

    PP Møbler

    Regular price
    From $27,150
  • PP75 120 table
    PP75 120 table

    PP Møbler

    Regular price
    From $21,350
  • PP701 Minimal chair
    PP701 Minimal chair

    PP Møbler

    Regular price
    From $5,450
  • PP70 table
    PP70 table

    PP Møbler

    Regular price
    From $21,200
  • PP68 Armchair
    PP68 Armchair

    PP Møbler

    Regular price
    From $3,100
    Variants in stock
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