1960s Hans J. Wegner Ch-33 Danish Teak Chairs for Carl Hansen & Søn- Set of 4

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A very good set of four Danish Mid Century Modern original early Hans Wegner designed CH 33 teak chairs for … Read more A very good set of four Danish Mid Century Modern original early Hans Wegner designed CH 33 teak chairs for Carl Hansen & Son, Circa 1960.
This is a very early version of this iconic sleek & elegant chair first designed in 1957, this set dating to 1960 was acquired from a Fritz Hansen dealership store in New York. The chair has a sculptural quality & despite being light & having rounded organic forms the chair is structurally very robust & stable. The seat and backrest provide both comfort and great lumbar support, the chairs are raised on gracefully tapered legs. Each chair having the Hans Wegner & Carl Hansen stamp beneath the seat, all of the chairs are in very good condition, they have just received a good clean and a freshening of the original finish in Bloomsbury's professional workshops.
This early set of Hans Wegner for Carl Hansen CH 33 chairs are ready to grace your space.

THE DESIGNER
Hans J. Wegner was born in 1914 in Tønder, the son of a shoemaker. At the age of 17 he was apprenticed to a carpenter (H. F. Stahlberg) and it was at this time that he developed his first design. At the age of 20 he moved to Copenhagen to study at the institution now known as The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design but which back then went under the more modest title of "The Artisan College." 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. One of the chairs in this series is what is probably Wegner's most famous work The Wishbone Chair which he designed in 1949, and which Carl Hansen & Søn have manufactured since 1950. Hans J. Wegner is regarded as one of the world's outstanding furniture designers. He was one of the motive forces behind the Danish Modern movement which did much to change people's view of furniture in the 1950s and 60s. His design retain relevance for us today and his sense for details is a source of constant wonder.
Wegner has received a number of prizes and recognition. Amongst other things, he is an honorary member of The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and has 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 See less