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.




20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Leather, Wood
Late 20th Century Danish Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Leather, Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Papercord, Oak
Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Aluminum
Late 20th Century Danish Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Leather, Oak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak
20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak, Wool
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Leather
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Teak
1960s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Walnut
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Leather, Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Upholstery, Oak, Teak
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Papercord, Beech
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Beech, Walnut
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Papercord, Beech, Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Papercord, Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Beech
1980s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Wool, Oak
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Leather, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Stainless Steel
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Fabric, Beech, Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Teak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Wool, Teak
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Leather, Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Rosewood
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Fabric, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Papercord
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Leather, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Papercord
1950s Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Wood, Rope
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Leather, Wood
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak, Leather
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Fabric, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Scandinavian Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Chrome
1950s Danish Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Faux Leather, Cherry
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Cane, Teak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Wood, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Oak, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Furniture
Papercord
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