Flag Halyard Chair

Hans Wegner, ‘Flag Halyard’ lounge chair model ‘GE225’, rope, dark green lacquered steel, fabric, Denmark, 1950 This iconic chair, made with 250 meters of ro...

The Flag Halyard Chair by Hans Wegner showcases his mastery of form and function. Designed in the 1950s and produced by Getama, the chair features a sculptural silhouette with a seat...

Gorgeous second generation Flag Halyard lounge chair by Hans Wegner for PP Møbler. With the Flag Halyard Chair, Hans Wegner paid tribute to the great Modernists such as Le Corbusier,...

Rare lounge chair / flag halyard chair designed by Hans Wegner Produced by GETAMA in Denmark Metal, flagline, sheepskin, cushion 1960s Good vintage condition, with MINIMAL signs of u...

The Flag Halyard Chair designed by Hans J. Wegner for Getama, Denmark, 1950 Lacquered steel frame, wooden "shoes", textile and chromed steel top...

Iconic chair designed by Hans J. Wegner in the summer of 1949. Advanced style for the time; this chair stands in a class of it’s own with enduring and timeless design. Beautifully constructed of heavy steel tube wrapped with cotton halyard cord and fastened by hand-machined hardware. Comes with original black full-grain leather neck cushion and plush Scandinavian shearling...

Iconic chair by Hans Wegner (1914 - 2007). This model is known as Model 225 or Flag Halyard Chair. It is very original in Wegner creations as he used to work mostly with wood. The le...

‘The Flag Halyard Chair’ designed by Hans Wegner for Getama, Denmark, 1950. Black lacquered steel frame, chromed steel, top with flag halyard....

When this iconic model was released in 1950, the unusual combination of rope, white-varnished steel and sheepskin had never been seen before in the furniture industry. It was a way for Hans Wegner to demonstrate his ability to design innovative, practical and comfortable furniture with every possible material. Unveiled in Copenhagen in 1950 at an exhibition at the Designmuseum Danmark, the design received mixed reviews. Kaare Klint famously likened it to something from a gynaecologist’s office. But from the jump, fashion people fawned. It was splashed across magazines, models posing on its tightly wound string seat. The Flaglinestol or Flag Halyard string-wrapped lounge chair quickly became a 21st-century icon. The story goes that in 1949 Wegner was at the beach, digging himself into the sand when he found the perfect lean-back position for seaside repose, which inspired him to make it in something more sturdy. This gave birth to this chair with its famous steel frame wrapped in rope commonly used for flagpoles. The ergonomic, spaceship-like form still looks innovative despite being over 70 years old. The bottom frame is made of a white-varnished steel structure with beechwood leg caps. The legs are splayed with the front ones connected by a stretcher, establishing the firm base for the body. The top-frame is made of chrome-plated steel that serves as the frame for the stretched halyard. Halyard rope, or flagpole rope, is traditionally used to raise and lower a flag on most external halyard flagpoles. The unusual combination of materials is continued by the cognac leather head pillow secured to the back. The chair is cosied up with sheepskin that - along with the headrest - softens the industrial shape of the steel. This iconic Wegner model was already presented at The Arts & Crafts Spring Exhibition at Designmuseum Danmark in 1950. For several decades it was manufactured by Danish brand Getama in small quantities. In the late ’80s it went out of production altogether. PP Møbler...

Even when Wegner was vacationing at his summer cottage with his family and some friends, his mind never stopped working. One day at the beach, he dug a hollow in the sand to experiment with sitting positions and found one in which you could be reclining yet still see your surroundings, thereby inventing a new way for a chair to hold someone. Wegner began designing a chair that would mimic this positioning in the sand. With the design of the Flag Halyard Chair, Wegner proved that he could create something radically innovative with new materials. There is little of the cabinetmaker's tradition in the chair, but there is plenty of handiwork for the person tasked with covering the chair in 250 meters of flag halyard. The Flag Halyard chair is a steel frame wrapped in rope commonly used for flagpoles and draped with a sheepskin for comfort. The original orange pillow...

A scarce lounge chair by legendary designer Hans J Wegner. An early model for Getama, with wooden feet and canvas like cushion. Lated reproduced by PP Mobler. Denmark, c1950s...

An early c. 1950 Flag Halyard chair in very good vintage condition. Hans Wegner conceived this iconic design while lounging at the beach. We added one of our cozy, high loft Californ...