Hans Wegner
Upholstered Peacock easy armchair, JH 521 model
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November 25, 06:14 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Hans Wegner
Upholstered Peacock easy armchair, JH 521 model
Designed circa 1953, our example made circa 1953-1955
Oak and Savak wool and leather upholstery
Manufactured by Johannes Hansen, Copenhagen
101,5 × 90 × 78 cm ; 40 x 35 ½ x 33 ¾ in.
Bruun Rasmussen, Lyngby, 13 June 2024, lot 1005
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Private collection, Belgium
Grete Jalk, Dansk møbelkunst gennem 40 år : Københavns Snedkerlaugs møbeludstillinger 1927-1966, Taastrup, 1987, vol. III, p. 245 and 325
Noritsugu Oda, Danish Chairs, San Francisco, 1999, p. 106
Wegner: just one good chair, exhibition catalogue, Design Museum, Copenhaguen, 2 April - 2 November 2014, p. 107
This model of armchair was exhibited for the first time at the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers' Guild Exhibition in 1953 and produced in very limited numbers.
