F 106-2

Collection

Furniture

Brief description

Chair with solid beech frame and teak-veneered beech plywood seat, designed by Hans Wegner in 1949, manufactured by Fritz Hansen in Denmark around 1960.

Object name

chair

Object number

F 106-2

Production person

Hans J. Wegner (designer)

Production organisation

Fritz Hansen Ltd (manufacturer)

Production date

1949 (designed)
c.1960 (manufactured)

Production place

Denmark (manufactured)

Period

Twentieth century (1900-1999)

Material

beech
plywood
teak veneer

Technique

bent
turned
polished
veneered

Physical description

The chair has a beech frame which consists of three vertical legs braced horizontally to form a triangle. A curved triangular teak-faced beechwood ply seat is fixed to the horizonal stretchers with one point at the front and the opposite flat side at the back. The front leg comes through a hole in the seat and is finished to form a button on top. The two legs at the back extend upwards and are joined by a curved horizontal section to form a back rest. The legs taper towards the floor. On the underside of the seat are a stamp and two labels. The stamp is Fritz Hansen’s maker’s mark which features FH enclosed within a circle which is in turn enclosed within a square and underneath has ‘MADE IN DENMARK’. One label is a black adhesive label with dull gold print with ‘FURNITUREMAKERS / DANISH / CONTROL’, half of this label has been torn off. The third label is a temporary paper label put on by the museum with the temporary number F 106-2 written in pencil.

Dimensions

Height: 72cm
Width: 54.5cm
Depth: 52cm

Website keywords

seating
dining furniture

Label

Label text for the exhibition At Home with the World, Geffrye Museum (20 March 2012- 9 September 2012):

Dining chair

This chair is characteristic of the type of well-designed modern furniture being imported from Denmark to Britain in the 1950s and 60s. It has simple, clean lines and is made from minimal but good quality materials.