Hans J. Wegner Rocking 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.
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Straw, Beech
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Papercord, Oak
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Fabric, Oak, Wood
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Papercord, Beech
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Beech
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Fabric, Beech
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Fabric, Beech
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Papercord, Beech
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Canvas, Beech
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Papercord, Beech
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Rush, Beech
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Papercord, Beech
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Velvet, Oak
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Upholstery, Oak
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Papercord, Beech
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Papercord, Beech
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Rush, Beech
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Leather, Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Papercord, Beech
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Rush, Rope, Beech
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Leather, Beech
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Beech
1940s Scandinavian Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Beech
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Papercord, Beech
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Leather, Oak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Oak
1950s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Wood
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Fabric, Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Fabric, Teak
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Fabric, Oak
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Leather, Wood
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Fabric, Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Fabric, Oak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Leather, Upholstery, Fiberglass, Wood
1970s German Bauhaus Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Steel, Leather, Chrome
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Pine
1950s Danish Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Papercord, Beech
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Fabric, Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Canvas, Oak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Papercord, Beech
1940s Scandinavian Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Beech
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Canvas, Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Linen
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Papercord, Beech
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Papercord, Oak
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Rocking Chairs
Papercord, Wood