Hans J. Wegner Seating

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.
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner Seating
Wool, Teak
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Leather, Oak, Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Papercord, Beech
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Teak, Beech
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Seating
Leather, Wood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Oak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Oak, Wool
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Beech, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Seating
Papercord
Late 20th Century Danish Hans J. Wegner Seating
Oak
Late 20th Century Danish Hans J. Wegner Seating
Leather, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Seating
Beech
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Fabric, Beech, Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Fabric, Wool, Oak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Leather, Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Seating
Beech
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner Seating
Papercord, Oak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Leather
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Fabric, Oak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Leather, Canvas, Beech
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Upholstery, Oak
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Teak
1980s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Wool, Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Oak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Leather, Fabric
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Papercord, Beech
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Seating
Fabric, Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Teak, Leather, Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Papercord, Beech, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Seating
Oak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Wool, Teak
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Leather, Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner Seating
Papercord, Oak
1980s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Seating
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Oak, Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Seating
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1950s Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Teak, Beech
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner Seating
Papercord, Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
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1950s Danish Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
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1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner Seating
Wool, Beech, Rosewood
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Seating
Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Fabric, Wood
1960s Danish Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Teak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Leather, Walnut
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Cane, Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Seating
Fabric, Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Seating
Chrome
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