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Verner Panton Chairs

Danish, 1926-1998

Verner Panton introduced the word “groovy” — or at least its Danish equivalent — into the Scandinavian modern design lexicon. He developed fantastical, futuristic forms and embraced bright colors and new materials such as plastic, fabric-covered polyurethane foam and steel-wire framing for the creation of his chairs, sofas, floor lamps and other furnishings. And Panton’s ebullient Pop art sensibility made him an international design star of the 1960s and ’70s. This radical departure from classic Danish modernism, however, actually stemmed from his training under the greats of that design style.

Born on the largely rural Danish island of Funen, Panton studied architecture and engineering at Copenhagen’s Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, where the lighting designer Poul Henningsen was one of his teachers. After graduating, in 1951, Panton worked in the architectural office of Arne Jacobsen, and he became a close friend of Hans Wegner's.

Henningsen taught a scientific approach to design; Jacobsen was forever researching new materials; and Wegner, the leader in modern furniture design using traditional woodworking and joinery, encouraged experimental form.

Panton opened his own design office in 1955, issuing tubular steel chairs with woven seating. His iconoclastic aesthetic was announced with his 1958 Cone chair, modified a year later as the Heart Cone chair. Made of upholstered sheet metal and with a conical base in place of legs, the design shocked visitors to a furniture trade show in Copenhagen. 

Panton went on to successive bravura technical feats. His curving, stackable Panton chair, his most popular design, was the first chair to be made from a single piece of molded plastic.

Panton had been experimenting with ideas for chairs made of a single material since the late 1950s. He debuted his plastic seat for the public in the design magazine Mobilia in 1967 and then at the 1968 Cologne Furniture Fair. The designer’s S-Chair models 275 and 276, manufactured during the mid-1960s by August Sommer and distributed by the bentwood specialists at Gebrüder Thonet, were the first legless chairs crafted from a single piece of plywood.

Panton would spend the latter half of the 1960s and early ’70s developing all-encompassing room environments composed of sinuous and fluid-formed modular seating made of foam and metal wire. He also created a series of remarkable lighting designs, most notably his Fun chandeliers — introduced in 1964 and composed of scores of shimmering capiz-shell disks — and the Space Age VP Globe pendant light of 1969.

Panton’s designs are made to stand out and put an eye-catching exclamation point on even the most modern decor.

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Period: 1950s
Creator: Verner Panton
Panton Chair by Verner Panton for Vitra, 1959
By Vitra, Verner Panton
Located in Neuss, NW
Timeless cantilever Panton Chair by Vitra made of high-quality polypropylene in white. Draft by Verner Panton in 1959. Quality Features: accomplished design: perfect proportions...
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1950s Swiss Vintage Verner Panton Chairs

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Verner Panton Cone Chair
By Verner Panton
Located in Edmonton, AB
This iconic chair is in good vintage condition with minor wear consistent with age and use. Steel frame and vinyl upholstery. Designed by Verner Panton in 1958.
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Verner Panton Chairs

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Aluminum, Stainless Steel

Verner Panton Set of Eight ‘S-Stuhls’, Model 276, Chairs
By Verner Panton
Located in New York, NY
A set of eight Verner Panton chairs executed by A. Sommer for Gebruder Thonet, Germany. Made of bent laminated wood.
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1950s German Modern Vintage Verner Panton Chairs

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Wood

Original K1 Cone Chairs Design Blue Red by Verner Panton, Denmark, 1950s
By Verner Panton
Located in Vienna, AT
Original K1 cone chairs design blue red by Verner Panton, Denmark 1950s. They are wearing its original woven fabric in very good and comfortable original condition. The chairs are ba...
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Verner Panton Chairs

Materials

Metal

Cone Chair by Verner Panton
By Verner Panton, Plus-Linje
Located in Highland, IN
A Classic Panton design, the cone chair is petite, sculptural, playful and surprisingly comfortable. This vintage example is newly upholstered in a brick red fabric with a nice weave.
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Verner Panton Chairs

Materials

Steel

Rare Verner Panton Wire Cone Chair, Model K2, First Year Production, 1959
By Verner Panton
Located in Kansas City, MO
This example is from the first year of production as noted by the rounded feet (later productions feature enlongated black feet). Chair retains original upholstery. Overall example h...
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Verner Panton Chairs

Materials

Steel

Blue Scandinavian Modern Cone Chair or Side Chair by Verner Panton Denmark 1958
By Verner Panton
Located in Vienna, AT
Blue Scandinavian Modern cone chair or side chair by Verner Panton 1958 and executed by Gebr. Nehl, Germany. The cone swiveling body was made of steel and is fixed on a chromed stee...
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Verner Panton Chairs

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Steel

Non-Serial Model 275 S-Chair by Verner Panton in Bent Fineer, Denmark, 1956
By Verner Panton
Located in Hellouw, NL
This extraordinarily impressive chair was designed by Danish designer Verner Panton in 1956, only to see the light of day ten years later. The technology to put this chair into production was simply not sufficient at the time. Gerrit Rietveld had tried much earlier in 1932 to manufacture his Zig-Zag chair from one piece of Material. German author and expert on Panton's oeuvre, Mathias Remele, notes that the IDEA may have originated after Panton's collaboration with August Sommer. A German company specialized in curved laminated wood that produced its Barboy in 1963. The Thonet brothers finally took up the Challenge and produced two versions of this chair. Model 275 and 276 respectively with a round backrest. This specific chair is a non-serial production and has a marvellous provenance. It was used for the pavilion for wooden constructions at the 'Debau exhibition fair in Essen' in the sixties/seventies. The chair consists of fourteen layers of glued, bent and pressed rounded veneer...
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Verner Panton Chairs

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Verner Panton "Cone" Chair
By Verner Panton
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Verner Panton "Cone" chair designed in 1958 and produced by Plus-Linje. NOTE: We have more if you want to make a set.
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Verner Panton Chairs

Materials

Chrome, Metal

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Verner Panton chairs for sale on 1stDibs.

Verner Panton chairs are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Verner Panton chairs, although black editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original chairs by Verner Panton were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the mid-20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider chairs by Niels Otto Møller, Børge Mogensen, and Kai Kristiansen. Prices for Verner Panton chairs can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $229 and can go as high as $40,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,695.

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