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Wishbone chairs in black with natural paper-cord seats<\/a>. All photos courtesy of Carl Hansen & S\u00f8n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

In 1949, Hans J. Wegner<\/a> began working on what would become one of his most iconic creations, the Wishbone chair<\/a>. He moved to Denmark\u2019s Funen Island, staying in the family home of Holger Hansen, then-CEO of furniture manufacturer Carl Hansen & S\u00f8n<\/a>. Working alongside the company\u2019s craftsmen, he devised a streamlined chair with a Y-shaped back and handwoven seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The piece, which Wegner called CH24, has been in continuous production since 1950 and is still made on Funen Island using the same 14 components and 100 processes employed by Wegner.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Hans Wegner trying out his chairs<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Wegner began his career as a cabinetmaker, apprenticed to master craftsman H.F. Stahlberg at 14 years old and later attended Copenhagen\u2019s School of Arts and Crafts. He transitioned to furniture design in the 1940s and, in 1944, began to develop seating<\/a> based on Ming dynasty chairs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inspired by portraits he saw of Danish merchants sitting on these chairs, he combined a graceful East Asian<\/a> design aesthetic with current modernist<\/a> principles.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The components and tools used to craft the Wishbone<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Over his lifetime, Wegner designed nearly 500 chairs<\/a>, so it\u2019s no wonder Carl Hansen & S\u00f8n refers to him as \u201cthe Master of the Chair.\u201d The 112-year-old company, still family owned, is now run by Carl Hansen\u2019s grandson, Knud Erik Hansen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hansen has kept up the company tradition of celebrating the dual birthdays of the Wishbone chair and Hans J. Wegner himself by releasing limited-edition designs.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This year’s 70th anniversary Wishbone chair<\/a> has a glossy navy finish conceived by Ilse Crawford<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

For this year\u2019s 70th anniversary of the chair, the company collaborated with London-based designer Ilse Crawford<\/a>. The resulting piece has a sleek navy-blue frame finished with a water-based high-gloss lacquer<\/a>. \u201cThe color is inspired by Wegner\u2019s long-standing fascination with Asian design history and craft. It\u2019s a collector\u2019s piece \u2014 one that will last for generations,\u201d says Hansen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about the famed Wishbone, we spoke with Hansen about craftsmanship, process and what you might find on the underside of the chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Knud Erik Hansen at home in the Hellerup Manor House, on the Danish island of Funen. Photo by Anders Sh\u00f8nnemann<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cTimeless beauty, comfort, craftsmanship and sustainability\u201d are core values at Carl Hansen & S\u00f8n. How are they embodied in the Wishbone chair?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wishbone chair\u2019s quiet, elegant look and simple form make it a timeless classic. The intense working relationship between Hans J. Wegner and Carl Hansen & S\u00f8n\u2019s craftsmen while the chair was being developed in 1950 ensured harmony between craftsmanship and comfort. And the Wishbone chair is innately sustainable and gentle toward nature, as it\u2019s made strictly from wood and paper cord.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Wishbone<\/a> frames during production<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

In 1950, the Wishbone chair took three weeks to make, entirely by hand. What elements of the production remain the same 70 years later?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To this day, most of the nearly 100 processes involved in creating the Wishbone chair are done by hand, as they have been ever since Wegner worked with Carl Hansen & S\u00f8n craftsmen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, it is only in the initial production phase that we use machines. The grinding into the wood and forming of the various parts are all done by modern machinery. The machinery work replaces the heavy operations that previously wore down the craftsmen forming and crafting the wood.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The weaving of a Wishbone seat<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

How long does it take to make a Wishbone chair?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Craftsmen spend several weeks assembling the wooden parts and sanding and treating the wood. The unique seat is handwoven from paper cord by expert weavers, who take about an hour to produce one. Altogether, the process takes approximately three weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Archival photographs of CH24 Wishbone chairs at the Carl Hansen & S\u00f8n factory in the late 1950s<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Wegner developed the Wishbone on Denmark\u2019s Funen Island. Are the chairs still made locally?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At first, the chairs were made in Odense [on Funen Island]. In 2003, Carl Hansen & S\u00f8n moved to a brand-new factory in Aarup, also on the island. And in 2017, we moved to the present factory, in Gelsted \u2014 also on the Danish island of Funen!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Wishbone chairs in a contemporary dining room<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Where do you use the Wishbone chair in your own interiors?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both in the office and at home. The Wishbone chair is special and fits into nearly every environment<\/a>. I live in a house from 1670, and it fits perfectly into the dining room as well as the lounge rooms. The chair has a shape that fits into all spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do most people not know about the Wishbone?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, the waste from the production of the Wishbone chair is used to heat more than 450 houses in the town adjacent to our factory in Gelsted. Also, very often you will find initials written underneath the chairs in pencil by the carpenter. He writes his initials to send a small message to wish both the chair and its new owner, \u201cGood Luck for the Future\u201d!
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In 1949, Hans J. Wegner began working on what would become one of his most iconic creations, the Wishbone chair. He moved to Denmark\u2019s Funen Island, staying in the family home of Holger Hansen, then-CEO of furniture manufacturer Carl Hansen & S\u00f8n. 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