Hans J. Wegner Furniture

Best known for his chairs and seating pieces — though a master of many furniture types like sofas and tables — Hans Wegner was a prolific designer whose elegant, often ebullient, forms and devotion to the finest methods in joinery made "Danish Modern" a popular byword for stylish, well-made furniture in the mid-20th century.
Wegner considered himself a carpenter first and a furniture designer second. Like his peers Arne Jacobsen and Finn Juhl, Wegner believed that striking aesthetics in furniture were based on a foundation of practicality: a chair must be comfortable and sturdy before it is chic.
In keeping with that tenet, several of Wegner’s best chair designs, seen in dealer listings below, have their roots in traditional seating forms. The Peacock chair (designed in 1947) is a throne-like adaptation of the Windsor chair; pieces from the China chair series (begun in 1944) as well as the 1949 Wishbone chair, with its distinctive Y-shaped back splat, are derived from 17th-century Ming seating pieces, as is the upholstered Ox chair (1960). Wegner’s comfy Papa Bear chair (1951) is an almost surreally re-scaled English wingback chair.
Wegner’s most representative piece, the Round chair (1949), gained a footnote in political history when it was used on the TV stage of the first Kennedy-Nixon debate of 1960. That chair, along with Wegner’s more bravura designs, for example the 1963 Shell chair, with its curved surfboard-shaped seat, bring a quietly sculptural presence to a room. Wegner was a designer who revered his primary material — wood — and it shows. His wood gathers patina and character with age; every Hans Wegner piece testifies to the life it has led.




1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Leather, Foam, Wood, Oak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Rosewood, Leather
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Smoked Glass, Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak, Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Cane, Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak, Fabric
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak, Fabric
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Fabric, Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Fabric, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Papercord, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Wood, Papercord
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Wood, Papercord
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Papercord, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Papercord, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Papercord, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Wood, Papercord
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Wood, Papercord
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Steel
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Metal
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak, Teak
1980s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Cherry
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Papercord, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Fabric
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Wool, Oak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak, Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Beech
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak, Wenge
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak, Cord
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Chrome
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Straw, Beech
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Rope, Wood
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Fabric, Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak, Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Fabric, Teak, Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Teak