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Hans J. Wegner

Son of a shoe-maker in southern Jutland, Hans Wegner, finished his formal training as a cabinetmaker with master cabinetmaker Stahlberg in 1930 before starting at Teknologisk Institut in Copenhagen. He soon moved to the School of Arts and Crafts in the Danish capital where he became architect in 1938, and started teaching in 1946.

In 1940 he joined Arne Jacobsen and Erik Møller in Arhus, to design the furniture for the new Arhus city hall. He started to work with 'minister' cabinetmaker Johannes Hansen in 1940 and showed his first furniture in the famous Hansen store on Bredgade 65 in 1941. Johannes Hansen was more than twice as old as the 26 year old Wegner but the unique collaboration between the two became the undisputed backbone of Danish furniture design and the main reason for it's world wide recognition in the fifties and sixties. The Copenhagen Museum of Art and Industry acquired the first Wegner chair in 1942.

In 1943 he started his own design office and 1 year later designed the first of a long series of 'chinese' chairs inspired by portraits of Danish merchants sitting in Ming chairs for Fritz Hansen. In 1950 Wegner designed the “Wishbone Chair” produced by Carl Hansen & Søn in Odense which became the most successful of all Wegner chairs. Most well known for it’s use by Kennedy and Nixon in their famous CBS TV debate of 1960.

  • CH403 "Kastrup Series" 3 seater
    CH403

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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  • CH402 "Kastrup Series" 2 seater
    CH402

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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  • CH401 "Kastrup Series" chair
    CH401

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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  • CH388 table
    CH388 table

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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  • CH37 armchair
    CH37 armchair

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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  • CH36 chair
    CH36 chair

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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    From $1,800
  • CH33T chair
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    CH33T chair

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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  • CH339 Table
    CH339 Table

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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    From $9,780
  • CH338 Table 200 x 115cm
    CH338 Table 200 x 115cm

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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  • CH337 Table 140 x 115cm
    CH337 Table 140 x 115cm

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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  • CH33 chair Upholstered seat
    CH33 chair Upholstered seat

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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    From $1,360
  • CH327 large table
    CH327 large table

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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    From $10,500
  • CH327 medium table
    CH327 medium table

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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    From $6,980
  • CH322 stainless steel base table
    CH322 stainless steel base table

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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    From $10,400
  • CH28 Easy Chair - Upholstered Seat
    CH28 Easy Chair - Upholstered Seat

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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  • CH28T Easy Chair, unupholstered
    CH28T Easy Chair, unupholstered

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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  • CH26 chair
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    CH26 chair

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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    From $3,489
  • CH25 Easy Chair
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    CH25 Easy Chair

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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    From $8,180
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  • CH23 chair
    CH23 chair

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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    From $2,100
  • CH22 easy chair
    CH22 easy chair

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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    From $6,650
  • CH20 "Elbow" chair
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    CH20

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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    From $1,615
  • CH163 3 Seat Sofa Walnut
    CH163 3 Seat Sofa Walnut

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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  • CH163 3 Seat Sofa Oak
    CH163 3 Seat Sofa Oak

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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  • CH162 - 2 seat sofa (For Walnut Base)
    CH162 - 2 seat sofa (For Walnut Base)

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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  • CH162 - 2 seat sofa (For Oak Base)
    CH162 - 2 seat sofa (For Oak Base)

    Carl Hansen & Søn

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