Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs

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 Dining Room Chairs
Papercord, Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Oak, Wenge
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Papercord, Beech
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Papercord, Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Papercord, Beech, Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Beech, Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Oak
1950s Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Wood, Rope
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Papercord
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Oak
Late 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Oak, Wood
2010s Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Papercord, Ash, Beech, Mahogany, Oak, Walnut
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Papercord, Beech
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Oak, Teak
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Papercord, Beech
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Papercord, Oak
1950s Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Teak, Leather, Oak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Oak, Wenge
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Papercord, Oak
1950s American Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Oak
1990s Danish Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Papercord, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Oak
1990s Danish Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Cord, Oak
2010s Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Papercord, Beech
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Beech, Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Oak, Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Cane, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Oak
Late 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Papercord, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Cane, Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Wood, Papercord
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Papercord, Oak
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Papercord, Beech, Lacquer
20th Century Danish Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Papercord, Wood
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Papercord, Oak
1950s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Cane, Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Teak
Early 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Chrome
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Cane, Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Teak, Papercord, Beech
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Papercord
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Oak
1950s Vintage Hans J. Wegner Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Teak
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