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Fritz Hansen Furniture

Danish, 1847-1902

When the Copenhagen-based furniture maker Fritz Hansen opened for business more than 140 years ago, the company — which today styles itself The Republic of Fritz Hansen — adhered to the traditional, time-honored Danish values of craftsmanship in woodworking and joinery. Yet thanks to the postwar innovations of Arne Jacobsen and others, Fritz Hansen would become the country’s leader in Scandinavian modern design using new, forward-looking materials and methods.

Fritz Hansen started his company in 1872, specializing in the manufacture of small furniture parts. In 1915, the firm became the first in Denmark to make chairs using steam-bent wood (a technique most familiar from birch used in the ubiquitous café chairs by Austrian maker Thonet). At the time, Fritz Hansen was best known for seating that featured curved legs and curlicue splats and referenced 18th-century Chippendale designs.

In the next few decades, the company promoted simple, plain chairs with slatted backs and cane or rush seats designed by such proto-modernist masters as Kaare Klint and Søren Hansen. Still, the most aesthetically striking piece Fritz Hansen produced in the first half of the 20th century was arguably the China chair of 1944 by Hans Wegner — and that piece, with its yoke-shaped bentwood back- and armrest, was based on seating manufactured in China during the Ming dynasty. (Wegner was moved by portraits he’d seen of Danish merchants in the Chinese chairs.) 

Everything changed in 1952 with Arne Jacobsen’s Ant chair. The collaboration between the architect and Fritz Hansen officially originated in 1934 — that year, Jacobsen created his inaugural piece for the manufacturer, the solid beechwood Bellevue chair for a restaurant commission. The Ant chair, however, was the breakthrough.

With assistance from his then-apprentice Verner Panton, Jacobsen designed the Ant chair for the cafeteria of a Danish healthcare company called Novo Nordisk. The chair was composed of a seat and backrest formed from a single piece of molded plywood attached, in its original iteration, to three tubular metal legs. Its silhouette suggests the shape of the insect’s body, and the lightweight, stackable chair and its biomorphic form became an international hit.

Jacobsen followed with more plywood successes, such as the Grand Prix chair of 1957. The following year he designed the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen and its furnishings, including the Egg chair and the Swan chair. Those two upholstered pieces, with their lush, organic frames made of fiberglass-reinforced polyurethane, have become the two chairs most emblematic of mid-20th-century cool. Moreover, the Egg and Swan led Fritz Hansen to fully embrace new man-made materials, like foam, plastic and steel wire used to realize the avant-garde creations of later generations of designers with whom the firm collaborated, such as Piet Hein, Jørn Utzon (the architect of the Sydney Opera House) and Verner Panton. If the Fritz Hansen of 1872 would not now recognize his company, today’s connoisseurs certainly do.

Find a collection of vintage Fritz Hansen tables, lounge chairs, sofas and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Creator: Fritz Hansen
Dealer: WYETH
Oxford Desk Chair by Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen
By Fritz Hansen, Arne Jacobsen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An "Oxford" arm chair in white leather upholstery with a high back and a cast aluminum 5 point base with casters. Height adjustable +/- 5".
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Fritz Hansen Furniture

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Aluminum

1950s Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chair by Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen
By Fritz Hansen, Arne Jacobsen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An early "Egg" chair with vintage upholstery.
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fritz Hansen Furniture

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Wool

1950s Danish 'Ax' Chairs by Peter Hvidt & Orla Mölgaard-Nielsen for Fritz Hansen
By Fritz Hansen, Hvidt & Mølgaard
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A pair of sculptural upholstered 'Ax' side chairs made of laminated teak and beech.
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fritz Hansen Furniture

Materials

Beech, Teak

1960s Set of 8 Danish High Back "Oxford" Chair by Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen
By Fritz Hansen, Arne Jacobsen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A set of eight swiveling armless high back "Oxford" chairs on five-point satin cast aluminum bases in vibrant mauve vintage upholstery.  
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fritz Hansen Furniture

Materials

Aluminum

Black Leather 'Oxford' Chair by Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen
By Arne Jacobsen, Fritz Hansen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A swiveling 'Oxford' chair designed by Arne Jacobsen featuring a low black leather back on a cast aluminum five point base. Made in Denmark by Fritz Hansen.
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Fritz Hansen Furniture

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Steel, Aluminum

1965 'Oxford' Chair by Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen in Original Beige Wool
By Fritz Hansen, Arne Jacobsen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A Scandinavian Modern 'Oxford' chair in beige upholstery with a low back on a cast aluminum five point base. Designed by Arne Jacobsen, made by Fritz Hansen, Denmark, 1965. Listed p...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fritz Hansen Furniture

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Steel

1960s Barstool by Piet Hein for Fritz Hansen
By Fritz Hansen, Piet Hein
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A Scandinavian Modern pedestal style barstool with satin chromed steel bars - slightly arched to support a foot rest - and upholstered seat in dark blue leather. Designed by Piet Hei...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fritz Hansen Furniture

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Chrome

Ax Lounge Chair by Peter Hvidt & Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen
By Fritz Hansen, Hvidt & Mølgaard
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A Peter Hvidt & Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen designed Scandinavian Modern lounge chair in a sculptural and innovative armless design. Made of laminated teak and beech, the chair features a ...
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1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fritz Hansen Furniture

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Beech, Teak

1950s Chinese Chair by Hans Wegner for Fritz Hansen
By Hans J. Wegner, Fritz Hansen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
The Chinese Chair designed by Hans Wegner, manufactured by Fritz Hansen. Cherry wood frame featuring a sinuous back and arm design with a natural leather seat cushion. Designed in 19...
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fritz Hansen Furniture

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Cherry

PK-0 Lounge Chair by Poul Kjaerholm for Fritz Hansen
By Fritz Hansen, Poul Kjærholm
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A 'PK 0' lounge chair designed by Poul Kjaerholm. This iconic chair in black lacquered laminated beech, features a low, graphic shape designed in 1952. Manufac...
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fritz Hansen Furniture

Materials

Steel

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Fritz Hansen furniture for sale on 1stDibs

Fritz Hansen furniture is available on 1stDibs for sale. These distinctive objects are often made of wood and designed with extraordinary care. In our Fritz Hansen collection there are many options to choose from, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 582 vintage editions of these items in stock, while there are also 138 modern editions to choose from. Many original furniture by Fritz Hansen were created in Europe during the 20th century in the Scandinavian Modern style. If you are looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Arne Vodder, Børge Mogensen and Arne Jacobsen. The prices for Fritz Hansen furniture can vary depending on size, time period and other attributes. The price for these items starts at $NaN on 1stDibs and tops at $NaN, while pieces like these can sell for $NaN on average.

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