Wegner Wishbone Chair Original
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Wegner wishbone chair original. When i purchased my chairs i tried to make sure the measurements were the same as the original wegner wisbone chairs. The wishbone chair also known as the ch24 chair or y chair is a chair designed by hans wegner in 1949 for carl hansen søn. The chair features a bentwood armrest and a paper cord rope seat in an woven envelope pattern. The son of a shoemaker wegner was trained as a cabinetmaker before attending the school of arts and crafts in copenhagen after which he began his career as an architect.
The wishbone chair from 765 at design within reach. The wishbone chair remains a classic to this day. Offers constant original coverage of the interior design and. The story behind hans wegner s iconic wishbone chair design.
The wishbone chair is considered to be his most successful design. In the 1940s wegner then a recent graduate of the royal danish academy of fine arts and working for arne jacobsen and erik møller was inspired by a series of photos of danish merchants sitting in chinese ming dynasty era armchairs. Although hans wegner s 1914 2007 wishbone chair stands as a classic exemplar of mid century danish design its aesthetic roots actually begin farther east. The chair is named after the y or wishbone shaped backrest.
One of these chairs was the wishbone chair 1949 also known as the y or ch 24 which has been produced by the danish firm carl hansen søn since 1950. Also known as the y chair the wishbone has been produced in large volumes for over fifty years. At the time i ordered them some chairs were smaller in size. This wishbone chair features the ch24 in various types of wood finishes.
Using wegner s original design the wishbone chair is made up of 14 separate components which require 100 individual processes to chisel carve sand and shape adding nearly three weeks of preparation time before the chair can even begin to be assembled. I will attach a photo. The wishbone chair was the first of wegner s chairs for carl hansen son debuting in 1949. The wishbone chair also known as the ch24 chair or the y chair is a small light armchair with a gracious shape and elegant y shaped back.
It s no paper pusher.