Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles

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.
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Beech
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Beech
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Cane, Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Smoked Glass, Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Cane, Teak
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Glass, Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Leather, Rattan, Glass, Teak
1960s Scandinavian Vintage Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Teak
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Beech
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Oak, Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Oak, Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Oak, Walnut, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Oak, Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Leather, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Leather, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Leather, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Leather, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Oak, Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Wood, Papercord
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Teak, Naugahyde, Rattan, Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Smoked Glass, Teak
1950s Vintage Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
1960s Danish Vintage Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Cane, Teak
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Aluminum
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Glass, Teak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Cane, Faux Leather, Teak, Vitrolite
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Wool, Cane, Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner More Furniture and Collectibles
Oak