Hans J. Wegner (b. Tønder 1914, d. Gentofte 2007)
“Dolphin Chair”. A very rare oak folding chair, seat and back with woven cane, brass fittings. Model JH 510. Designed 1950. This example made circa 1950 by cabinetmaker Johannes Hansen.
Literature: Noritsugu Oda: “Hans J. Wegner's 100 Chairs”, referred to as “Prototype” and illustrated on pp. 42–43.
Literature: Grete Jalk [ed.]: “40 Years of Danish Furniture Design”, vol. 3, p. 142.
Literature: Johan Møller Nielsen: “Wegner - en dansk møbelkunstner”. Referred to on p. 64: “Together with the hind legs, these armrests sort of form the outline of a diving dolphin - and one would readily talk of a ”dolphin chair“ to remember which model we are talking about. The armrests - as in other models - look like oar blades polished by the ocean, or in interaction with the hind legs, they look like a finely executed boomerang or some other ethnographic tool taken from the jungle growth of ancient times”.
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Wegner 100 years, 3 December 2014