8 Ways to Add Scandinavian Design into your Home image caseykeaslerPieces inspired by Denmark, Finland and Sweden I know it s on trend but there s a reason, Scandinavian furniture is striking. It s also the warmest and most approachable of all modernist designs. Read More about 8 Ways to Add Scandinavian Design into your Home Hans Jørgensen Wegner föddes i Tønder 1914 och var son till skomakarmästare Peter M. Wegner. Faderns verkstad producerade måttbeställda skor av hög kvalitet. Det var här som Hans J. Wegner såg hur tingen skapades och hur fadern använde sina verktyg med millimeterprecision. Wegner’s far var en verklig mästare i sitt yrke. En titel man senare med rätta också kan säga om den unge Wegner.Det var kärleken till träet som gjorde att Wegner började som snickarlärling. Han kom i lära hos snickarmästare H F Stahlberg och blev färdigutbildad som 17 åring. Efter sin militärtjänst började Wegner studera på Teknisk skole i Köpenhamn och senare på Kunsthåndværkerskolen.
År 1938 fick Wegner arbete hos arkitekterna Erik Møller och Flemming Lassen i Aarhus. Två år senare blev han anställd på Arne Jacobsens ritkontor, som hade i uppdrag att rita Aarhus Rådhus. Wegner skulle rita möblerna till rådhuset. Detta samarbete fortsatte till 1943, då Wegner startade sitt eget ritkontor i Aarhus, vilket var verksamt fram till 1946. Mellan 1946-1948 arbetade han i Köpenhamnn på arkitekt Palle Suensons ritkontor medan Wegner åter igen etablerade sitt eget ritkontor. Under krigsåren ritade Wegner tillsammans med Børge Mogensen möbler till FDB Møbler, som vid den tiden var leverantör av möbler till det danska folket. Deras uppgift var att skapa möbler som prismässigt kunde köpas av alla. Således bra möbler till en billig peng. Se aktuella auktioner med Wegner härWegner tyckte helt klart om den uppgiften och särskilt samarbetet med Børge Mogensen var en sak som han värdesatte och de två blev vänner för livet. En annan person som också följde Wegner genom åren, var möbelsnickaren Johannes Hansen.
Wegner ritade möblerna och Johannes Hansen tillverkade dem. Detta nära samarbete var till stor del anledningen till den stora succé Wegner fick – de var en perfekt matching. Det kommersiella genombrottet kom på allvar när den amerikanska tidskriften ’Interiors’ visade Wegners ’Den runde stol’ på omslaget och kallade den världens vackraste stol. Detta innebar avsevärda order från USA, vilket vållade Wegner problem, eftersom alla stolarna skulle framställas för hand. År 1961 blev stolen ännu mer världsberömd, då den 1961 användes i en TV-debatt mellan Kennedy och Nixon. Den fick hädanefter namnet 'The Chair'. Under åren efter kriget följde en ström av de klassiker vi i dag känner Wegner för. Påfuglestolen tillkom 1947, Y-stolen och Flaglinestolen tillkom 1950, Bamsestolen 1951, Jakkens Hvile 1953 och Pøllestolen 1960.Wegner dog 2007 och blev därmed 92 år gammal. Ett långt liv slutade för en av världens mest erkända möbelarkitekter. Wegners design är fortfarande högaktuell och hans känsla för detaljer beundras fortfarande världen över.
Det finns ett stort urval av Wegner möbler, från den mer vanliga y-stolen till det flotta sybordet. Oavsett vilken möbel från Wegner du tycker mest om, har du möjlighet att hitta det alldeles unika och speciella av Wegners design. Se aktuella auktioner med Wegner här Hans J. Wegner was a prolific and influential Danish furniture designer. He is credited with consistently merging innovative aesthetics with practical function in his nearly 500 chair designs, including the iconic Peacock Chair (1947) and the Hoop Chair (1965). Wegner’s unique style was dubbed as Organic Functionality by historians and critics, characterized by his use of traditional joinery techniques and elegant sculpted elements. Born on April 2, 1914 in Tønder, Denmark, he worked as apprentice to the cabinetmaker workshop H.F. Stahlberg at an early age, he later attended both the Danish School of Arts and Crafts and the Architectural Academy in Copenhagen. Wegner also worked for the architect Arne Jacobsen and the seminal Modernist designer Johannes Hansen before starting his own company.
Today, his works are included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Copenhagen Museum of Art, and the Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York, among others. Wegner died on January 26, 2007 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Flag Halyard Chair, 1950 Pair of Cuban mahogany "Chinese" chairs, 1944 Iconic Papa Bear chair and ottoman, ca., 1950 Papa Bear chair, ca., 1950 Carpets, rugs & textiles Oriental Ceramics & Works of Art Vintage & Fashion ×RegisterAs a registered customer at Bukowskis, you have access to:Leave absentee bids in the online catalogueView your purchases/salesParticipate in the auctions liveAccess to Bukowskis Market's archiveCould not loginLogin failed due to technical reasons. Please check your Internet connection.Please try again and contact our Customer service if the problem persists.Log inLog in to place bidsHistoric auction for The Four Seasons restaurant an unprecedented success
Wright’s record breaking auction totals $4,105,623 — over four times the original estimate. Buyer's participated from all over the world to buy every single lot in the 650 lot sale. Thousands of bidders participated in the auction, which began at 10 am and ended after midnight. Held at The Four Seasons restaurant, hundreds were in attendance and bidders remained in the landmarked Grill Room and Pool Room bidding until the early hours of the following morning. With active bidding lasting 10 minutes, the standing room only crowd watched the first lot of the sale, the bronze sign from the lobby entrance, sell for $120,000. Featured in the News WallpaperFood & WineTown & Country DezeenArt Market MonitorBusiness Insider Wright has published a special catalog documenting the history of the seminal interior of The Four Seasons restaurant. Order your copy today! The Four Seasons: The People My first visit to The Four Seasons was in late 1978. I was working as a writer at Time, and the dust from the Canadian provinces was still fluttering from the hem of my thick tweed jacket.
The famous New York restaurants in those days—or at least the ones we had heard about up North—were Mamma Leone's, “21”, Lutèce, the Oak Room, and The Four Seasons. For that first visit to The Four Seasons, I went with a friend who was visiting from Toronto. Being nobodies, we were seated not in the Grill Room where the mandarins of commerce and the arts nibbled their fish and baked potato, but in the Pool Room, which was filled with genteel people who had taken the train in for a day of shopping and culture. I was to learn that at lunch, the Pool Room was Siberia. To this import from the North, it was the most beautiful Siberia in the world. The Four Seasons: The History It is hard to remember, given all that has happened in the world of restaurants in the last several decades, that there was once a time when the idea of a luxurious restaurant meant the presence of white tablecloths, a few wall sconces, crystal chandeliers, red velvet banquettes, walls decorated with murals of France and maybe a few sets of mirrors
, the main purpose of which was to distract your eye from the fact that the room itself was, in all probability, ordinary and cramped. The Four Seasons: The Food Unless I am mistaken, and inasmuch as I’m a restaurant critic that’s hardly possible, you are not here today simply because you like to shop. You’ve come because you love The Four Seasons, or because The Four Seasons has meant more to you than any other Manhattan restaurant, or, at the very least, because you respect the impact of The Four Seasons. It is the most majestic, expensive, daring, and, to many of us, beloved restaurant in the history of New York. It is the restaurant that will forever stand at the pinnacle of American dining. You might have forgotten how much this restaurant has meant to New York, or maybe you weren’t around to experience all its wonders, the events that occurred here because they could not have happened anyplace else. Begin with the 14-square-foot pool, where so many guests were baptized in merriment, Sophia Loren among the most prominent.