Hans J. Wegner Credenzas

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 Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Teak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Hardwood, Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Cane, Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Rattan, Oak, Rosewood
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Cane, Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Teak
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Teak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Walnut
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Teak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Steel
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Teak
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Steel
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Oak
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Birch
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Beech
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Ash
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Birch
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Beech
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Walnut
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Oak
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Oak
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Oak
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Oak
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Oak, Wool
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Steel
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Steel
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Cane, Rosewood
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Brass
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Birch, Teak
1950s Danish Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Teak, Glass
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Oak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Metal
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hans J. Wegner Credenzas
Teak