The Stool 60 Giveaway. Sign up for our emails and a chance to win this ingenious stackable stool. The Swan™ easy chair, leather 3320, lounge chair, leather Base material: Width: Depth: Didn't find what you were looking for? is made of polyurethane foam with fiberglass reinforcement. The seat carrier consists of a steel spindle (dia. 28 mm) and an assembly steel plate (5 mm). The individual parts are welded and surface treated with matt zinc. consists of a satin chromed swivel center part (dia. 38x2 mm) of welded steel tubing and a 4-star base in injection molded aluminium. The leg ferrules are in a black-grey synthetic material. Download Product fact postcardThe eye-catching work of the Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen often introduces new collectors to mid-20th century furniture. With their fluid lines and sculptural presence, Jacobsen’s signature pieces — the elegant “Swan chair” and the cozy-yet-cutting edge “Egg chair,” both first presented in 1958 — are iconic representations of both the striking aesthetic of the designers of the era and their concomitant attention to practicality and comfort.
Jacobsen designed furniture that had both gravitas and groove. Though Jacobsen is a paragon of Danish modernism, his approach to design was the least “Danish” of those who are counted as his peers. The designs of Hans Wegner, Finn Juhl, Børge Mogensen and others grew out of their studies as cabinetmakers. They prized skilled craftsmanship and their primary material was carved, turned and joined wood. Jacobsen was first and foremost an architect, and while he shared his colleagues’ devotion to quality of construction, he was far more open to other materials such as metal and fiberglass. Many of Jacobsen’s best-known pieces had their origin in architectural commissions. His molded-plywood, three-legged “Ant chair” (1952) was first designed for the cafeteria of a pharmaceutical company headquarters. The tall-backed “Oxford chair” was made for the use of dons at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, whose Jacobsen-designed campus opened in 1963. The “Swan,” “Egg” and “Drop” chairs and the “AJ” desk lamp were all created as part of Jacobsen’s plan for the SAS Royal Copenhagen Hotel, which opened in 1960.
(The hotel has since been redecorated, but one guest room has been preserved with all-Jacobsen accoutrements.) To Jacobsen’s mind, the chief merit of any design was practicality. He designed the first stainless-steel cutlery set made by the Danish silver company Georg Jensen; Jacobsen’s best-selling chair — the plywood “Series 7” — was created to provide lightweight, stackable seating for modern eat-in kitchens. But as you will see from the objects on these pages, style never took a backseat to function in Arne Jacobsen’s work. His work merits a place in any modern design collection. The Ant™ chair, 3 legs, clear lacquer 3100, chair, clear lacquer Base material: Seat height: is steam bent in one piece made out of 9 layers of veneer. These layers are always lined with Indian cotton on the inside. The chair is available in 9 natural wood types and in 12 colours in fully lacquered (the grain is NOT visible and two chairs will always be identical) and coloured ash (the grain is visible and two shells might not be 100% identical).
is made of chromed steel and comes in one height (43 cm) only The Ant is stackable - up to 12 pieces.July 19, 2011July 27, 2015 Arne Jacobsen, Design Information, Fritz Hansen, Jacobsen Egg Chair So you think you found a great deal on a Jacobsen Egg Chair? If the price is too good to be true, chances are the chair is not good enough to be true. There are a lot of counterfeit Jacobsen Egg Chairs out there. Luckily, the Republic of Fritz Hansen has made it relatively easy to tell fake Egg Chairs from authentic Jacobsen Egg Chairs. Here are a few things to look out for: Sometimes you’ll know immediately it’s a fake. The authentic Egg Chair is sleek, contoured and flawless. The base should have four prongs. Unfortunately the vast majority of knock-offs are only available online, and disreputable shops use legitimate images to advertise their counterfeit Egg Chairs. So if you buy online and you’re suspicious of a fake, insist that they send images of all the below features, or just avoid the trouble altogether, and buy an authentic Arne Jacobsen Egg Chair.
Republic of Fritz Hansen products (including the Egg Chair) manufactured after 2006 features a label as a sign of authenticity. Egg Chairs produced before 2010 have a red tag, while those produced after 2010 feature a brown tag. Look for the Republic of Fritz Hansen logo, as well as the year of manufacture. If you don’t see a label, remember that it could be an older model. So look under the base; if it’s a real Egg Chair, you should find a serial number and name there. The craftsmanship of an Egg Chair is impeccable. There should be no folds, no creases, no wrinkles. There should be no joins or stitching on the front of the chair, except for on the seat pad. Try pinching the chair. If you can pinch any fabric, it’s not a real Egg Chair. Also examine the nature of the stitching along the sides of the Egg Chair. Look for a “wave effect.” If it’s a Leather Egg Chair, there should only be two pieces of leather joined at the sides. If you see any other stitches = fake.
Cheap knock-offs have an equally as cheap lever for reclining. If it has a lever, make sure you can control exactly how much you want to recline. Real Egg Chairs give you precise control over how much you want to recline (you can see the recliner lever in the image above, lower left). It is made of solid stainless steel. Older versions of the Egg Chair may not recline and modern Egg Chairs that are equipped with an auto return do not recline. Take out the tape measure and make sure they match these specifications: Total height: 107 cm (42.1 in) Seat height: 37cm (14.6 in) Width: 86 cm (33.9 in) Depth – Upright: 79 cm (31.1 in) Depth – Reclined: 95 cm (37.4 in) Again the best way to avoid getting burned, is to buy a certified authentic Jacobsen Egg Chair. for their insightful video: Models 3207, 3108 and 3107 in the City Hall Mainz, Germany. Steel frame, fabric cover The Model 3107 chair is a chair designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1955 that uses the previously invented technique through which plywood can be bent in three dimensions (which was invented by Charles and Ray Eames).
Over 5 million units have been produced exclusively by Fritz Hansen. It is one of the most copied chairs in the world. The chair, along with the Jacobsen's Ant chair, was, according to Jacobsen himself, inspired by a chair made by the husband and wife design team of Charles and Ray Eames. The chair comes with a number of different undercarriages - both as a regular four-legged chair, an office chair with five wheels and as a barstool. It comes with armrests, a writing-table attached, and different forms of upholstering. To some extent, these additions mar the simple aesthetics of the chair, while contributing practical elements. The chair is widely believed to have been used in Lewis Morley's iconic photograph of Christine Keeler; however, the chair used in this photograph was in fact an imitation and not the original Jacobsen model.[1] After the publishing of the pictures sales rose dramatically.[2] Numerous images in print media have been made with a celebrity mimicking the pose, notably David Frost and a pop single cover of the Spice Girls.