Not on display

'Shell' chair

Chair
ca. 1948 (designed), about 1950 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Fritz Hansen (manufacturer)
Wegner, Hans (designer)
Place of origin
Copenhagen (manufactured)

The seat and the back are made of large, moulded sheets of plywood

Object details

Category
Furniture
Object type
Chair
Title'Shell' chair
Materials and techniques
Teak veneer over plywood (seat and back), beech (frame)
Plywood
Beech
Veneering
Brief description
Shell chair; Danish 1945-50 des. Hans Wegner man. Fritz Hansen
Physical description
The seat and the back are made of large, moulded sheets of plywood
Dimensions
  • Height: 69cm
  • Width: 73cm
  • Depth: 63cm
  • Seat height: 38cm
Taken from register Checked 28.1.10
Gallery label
(1989-2006)
'SHELL CHAIR'
Designed by Hans Wegner (Danish, born 1914)
Manufactured by Fritz Hansens, Copenhagen, Denmark
Teak veneer over plywood (seat and back), beech (frame)
about 1948

Wegner is one of the most distinguished of modern Danish cabinetmaker/designers. This chair is one of his least known designs and destinguished [sic] by its sculptural use of large, molded sheets of plywood for seat and back. It was purchased by the donors in Copenhagen in 1950.

Given by Kathe and John Morton
W.1-1989
Credit line
Given by Kathe and John Morton
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
W.1-1989

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O144155/shell-chair-chair-wegner-hans/
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