Name: Arne Jacobsen Newly Upholstered 'Egg' Chair
Brand: Arne Jacobsen
Price: 11000 USD

Arne Jacobsen Newly Upholstered 'Egg' Chair

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Egg, Model 3316, Arne Jacobsen, 1958

Arne Jacobsen Egg Chair

Midcentury Moderen Egg Chair by Arne Jacobsen, Denmark, 1960

Arne Jacobsen Model 3207 Fully Upholstered

About the Item

Easy chair 3316 by Arne Jacobsen, aniline leather, steel, Denmark, designed 1958, produced late 1960s, upholstered in our in-house studio in 2017. This chair is one of the most iconic design in the history of Danish design. The chair has been completely reupholstered by our Danish design specialist with Aniline leather, which is one of the best qualities around. The chair, was originally designed for the Radisson SAS Hotel in Copenhagen in 1958. The hotel can be seen as the first real designer hotel. The hotel was to function as a showroom for Danish design and Jacobsen ambitiously took up the Challenge of designing everything from the building to the furnishing and even the smallest details of the door handles. For the furnishings, he was inspired by Eero Saarinen and Charles and Ray Eames. He initially molded the 'Egg' lounge chairs from chicken wire and plaster, so as to perfect the desired shape of the seat shell. He also employed a sculptor to work in his architectural studio and assist him in producing the organic, sculptural designs. Together with the manufacturer of his furniture, the Fritz Hansen company, Jacobsen then optimized the material structure of the seat shell in foam plastic until the egg-shaped seat was satisfactorily identical to the plaster model and also afforded the sitter a high level of comfort. Arne Jacobsen (1902-1971), originally trained as an architect is now most well-known for his furniture. It was only later in his career that Jacobsen created the pieces that he is now most known for. One of Jacobsen's main aims was to reduce material input to achieve clean visual lines. Technical quality and ergonomics were, however, not affected by the reduction. What is interesting is that where he followed mainly cubist functionalism in his architecture, he nevertheless mainly preferred organic forms in the design of his furniture. What all his works have in common, however,, is the application of the right proportions, both within a piece of furniture and in its relationship to the room.

Creator:
Arne Jacobsen (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 41.93 in (106.5 cm)Width: 34.26 in (87 cm)Depth: 31.89 in (81 cm)Seat Height: 15.75 in (40 cm)
Style:
Scandinavian Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Leather,Steel
Place of Origin:
Denmark
Period:
1960-1969
Date of Manufacture:
1960s
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. Completely reupholstered by our in-house upholstery studio with aniline leather.
Seller Location:
Waalwijk, NL
Reference Number:
Seller: 59851stDibs: LU93317528303

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Arne Jacobsen

The eye-catching work of the Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen often introduces new collectors to mid-20th century furniture. With their fluid lines and sculptural presence, Jacobsen’s signature pieces — the elegant Swan chair and the cozy-yet-cutting edge Egg chair, both first presented in 1958 — are iconic representations of both the striking aesthetic of the designers of the era and their concomitant attention to practicality and comfort. Jacobsen designed furniture that had both gravitas and groove.

Though Jacobsen is a paragon of Danish modernism, his approach to design was the least “Danish” of those who are counted as his peers. The designs of Hans Wegner, Finn Juhl, Børge Mogensen and others grew out of their studies as cabinetmakers. They prized skilled craftsmanship and their primary material was carved, turned and joined wood. Jacobsen was first and foremost an architect, and while he shared his colleagues’ devotion to quality of construction, he was far more open to other materials such as metal and fiberglass.

Many of Jacobsen’s best-known pieces had their origin in architectural commissions. His molded-plywood, three-legged Ant chair (1952) was first designed for the cafeteria of a pharmaceutical company headquarters. The tall-backed Oxford chair was made for the use of dons at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, whose Jacobsen-designed campus opened in 1962 (while still under construction). The Swan, Egg and Drop chairs and the AJ desk lamp were all created as part of Jacobsen’s plan for the SAS Royal Copenhagen Hotel, which opened in 1960. (The hotel has since been redecorated, but one guest room has been preserved with all-Jacobsen accoutrements.)

To Jacobsen’s mind, the chief merit of any design was practicality. He designed the first stainless-steel cutlery set made by the Danish silver company Georg Jensen; Jacobsen’s best-selling chair — the plywood Series 7 — was created to provide lightweight, stackable seating for modern eat-in kitchens. But as you will see from the objects on 1stDibs, style never took a backseat to function in Arne Jacobsen’s work. His work merits a place in any modern design collection.

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