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Butterfly chair

Styleinvestor — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:42:33 +0000

Designed: 1977

This Butterfly easy chair was designed by Hans J. Wegner in 1977. It has a beautiful shape and is made of natural elements: has a wooden base that builds the armrest, too and the upholstery is covered in fabric or leather. It is available in beech, teak, oak or maple, both lacquered, soap treated or untreated. Dimensions: 64×71x68 cm

The Kastrup (”Airport”) Chair

Styleinvestor — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:35:42 +0000

Designer: Hans J. Wegner

Designed: 1958

The Kastrup chair was designed by Hans J. Wegner, in 1958 for Copenhagen’s Kastrup Airport. It was re-introduced in furniture fairs in 2004 by Carl Hansen at the Cologne Furniture Fair, where it won an Interior Innovation Award . C. Hansen & Sons is also the producing factory for this chair. This creation of Wegner adheres to 3 characteristics that can be observed in any of his work: comfort, shape and craftsmanship. The Airport chair is based on a blind frame of solid beech wood, has stainless steel legs and a leather or fabric upholstery that comes in different colors, from black to orange and red. It is a very comfortable chair with sophisticated lines, used in lounges, airport terminals, public offices and hotels. For public places you can attach multiple chairs and create a two, three or fours seating unit. Dimensions are for a two seat unit: height: 85 cm, width: 125 cm, depth: 68 cm

OX-Chair

Styleinvestor — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:38:08 +0000

Designer: Hans J. Wegner

Designed: 1960

The Ox-chair was designed by Hans J. Wegner in 1960. Wegner has many designs that are nature inspired, and this one is no exception. This chair is very distinctive, as a bull – this is where it gets its name from. It is covered in leather and is very comfortable, coming with an ottoman with a similar design. It has a wooden frame covered in leather and ending with light yet strong legs in highly polished stainless steel.

CH 07

Styleinvestor — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:54:25 +0000

Designer: Hans J. Wegner

Designed: 1963

The CH07 was designed by Hans J. Wegner in 1963. It’s a three-legged shell chair that was produced in a small number until the 90’s when people became more interested in its special design, the chair being relaunched in 1997 at a low cost. The chair is available in oak, walnut or ash and the seat and back come in leather or various fabrics.

Bamsestol (Bear chair)

Styleinvestor — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:57:26 +0000

Designer: Hans J. Wegner

Designed: 1951

The Bamsestol – Bear chair, also known as Papa Bear Chair, was designed by Hans J. Wegner in 1951. Since then, until 2003 it hasn’t been produced anymore. The stuffing takes 6 days to be manually fitted. This makes the chair perfect – not too soft, not too hard, like a teddy bear hug. It has wooden legs and the tapestry can be leather or fabric in various colors. The arms are wood-tipped which gives it an special organic feeling, like the paws of a bear. The paws can be made of various wood: oak, cherry, rosewood or teak. Its dimensions are: 35.4″ W x 37.4″ D x 39.8″ H