New York 2016: Carl Hansen & Søn has reintroduced Danish designer Hans J Wegner's CH22 lounge chair – one of the first pieces he originally designed for the furniture company in 1950. The CH22 lounge chair was part of Wegner's debut collection for the Danish company, and was first released in 1950 amongst other models such as the iconic CH24 – also known as the Wishbone chair or the Y Chair. Manufactured to Wegner's original specifications, the CH22 is a low armchair with a solid wood construction. It features flat armrests with rounded edges and the designer's characteristic curving supports, and a handwoven seat made from paper cord. The chair's backrest is made from form-pressed wood veneer, and features oblong cover caps over the join between the back and the frame. "The CH22's complex, intricately detailed construction may explain why the lounge chair has long been out of production," said Carl Hansen & Søn. "Today, while parts of the production process have been modernised, the chair is still manufactured as it was more than six decades ago."
Through his design process for the CH22, Wegner also developed a blueprint for a dining chair with the model number CH26. Although the CH26 was never manufactured, its design bears a striking resemblance to the CH22 and shapes, materials and joinery common across Wegner's work. Because Wegner intended for the CH26 to serve as a dining or desk chair, the chair's height was determined in relation to tables and desks. The only change made to the designer's original sketches was an extra two centimetres to the chair's height to better accommodate today's higher tables. Both the CH22 and CH26 are available in solid oak and walnut in a variety of finishes. The seat is available in natural or black paper cord. Carl Hansen & Søn had a long-standing relationship with Wegner, who designed more than 500 chairs before his death in 2007. Wegner's well-known Wishbone chair featuring a distinctive Y-shaped back and a reversible tray table are among the original designs the company continues to produce.
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Wegner's birth in 2014, Carl Hansen & Søn reinstated the designer's 1950 logo for the company, which features the initials CHS in swirling white lettering on a white background. The brand also put a 1955 wood and steel chair by the designer into production for the first time. The CH22 and CH26 will be unveiled at the Carl Hansen & Son showroom in New York during this year's NYCxDesign festival, which takes place from 3 to 17 May 2016. Like Dezeen on Facebook for the latest architecture, interior and design news » This lot ships from Stockholm, SE. This work is subject to the terms and conditions of Bukowskis Auktioner AB. /en/legal/se/buy for more information. Hans Wegner (Danish, 1914-2007) was a world renowned furniture designer who contributed to the international popularity of mid-century Danish design. Wegner studied at the Danish School of Arts and Crafts and at the Architectural Academy in Copenhagen. His style is often referred to as Organic Functionality, a modernist aesthetic with emphasis upon functionality.
Throughout the course of his career, Wegner designed over 500 chairs, over 100 of which were put into mass production. He worked with several manufacturers, including Getama, AP Stolen, and Carl Hansen & Sons. He was awarded the Lunning prize and the Grand Prix of the Milan Triennnale in 1951. In 1959, he became honorary Royal designer by the Royal Society of Arts, London. Interested in consigning works by Hans Wegner? Online bidding for this work ended on May 13, 2014 at 4:00pm ET. Hans Wegner (1914 - 2007) is one of a handful of designers who helped to define modern Danish design. In a career spanning more than seven decades, Wegner worked quietly and consistently on a remarkable range of designs that were to transform the domestic aesthetic and become coveted classics. Above all, Wegner was a master craftsman with a keen understanding of the properties and potential of natural materials. Born in 1914 in Tønder, the son of a shoemaker, he was apprenticed to a carpenter at the age of 17 before studying at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
He studied there from 1936-1938, before taking further studies as an architect. In 1940 Wegner initiated a joint project with Arne Jacobsen and Erik Møller in Aarhus, which involved fitting out Aarhus' town hall. It was also in 1940 that Wegner began to work with Master Carpenter Johannes Hansen, a man who played a significant role in bringing modern design to the Danish public. The then Copenhagen Industrial Art Museum (now Design Museum Denmark) purchased their first Wegner chair in 1942. Hans J. Wegner opened his own design studio in 1943, and in 1944 he designed his first "China Chair" in a series inspired by the Chinese Emperor's thrones. Probably Wegner's most famous work, the "Wishbone Chair" was designed in 1949 and has been manufactured by Carl Hansen & Søn since 1950. Wegner received a number of prizes and recognitions. Amongst other things, he was an honorary member of The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and received an honorary doctorate from the Royal College of Art in London.
He was also the first ever recipient of the Lunning Prize and received the 8th International Design Award in Osaka, Japan. His works are exhibited at major international museums including The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and Die Neue Sammlung in Munich. Read Hans Wegner's obituary.)submitted by π Rendered by PID 13939 on app-188 at 2017-02-19 05:25:28.167811+00:00 running a8721ca country code: SG. Hans Wegner’s illustrious career began with an apprenticeship to a cabinetmaker at age 14 and matured during and after his furniture design studies at the Copenhagen Technical College. Wegner’s signature aesthetic marries the traditions of Danish craftsmanship with the reduced, honest tenets of modernism. The quality, simplicity, and functionalism of Wegner’s works made him synonymous with Danish Modernism of the 1950s. In 1969, Knoll secured exclusive distribution rights to the Wegner designs, manufactured by J. Hansen, Copenhagen. Knoll’s Wegner Collection included more than a dozen chairs as well as a cabinet design with a variety of interior fittings.