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Product number: VT010
Size: W53×D49×H72×SH45cm
Designer name: Hans.J.Wegner
Manufacturer: Carl Hansen & Son
Year of design: 1949
Manufacturing number: CH24
The wishbone chair is one of the masterpieces of Danish design master Hans J. Wegner. It is also known as the "Y Chair" due to its unique backrest shape, and it is a chair with a beautiful curved design and a modern yet warm feel.
This chair was one of the first five created for Carl Hansen & Son in 1949. The form that flows from the legs to the back is light and does not feel oppressive, and there are no restrictions on its use or place. The backrest, which draws a soft and beautiful curve, is made using a technique called "curved wood processing" that bends a single piece of wood with steam. Because of the processing method that bends the parts themselves, there are no wasted joining surfaces and no metal fittings are used. It is smooth to the touch and has a finish that takes advantage of the characteristics of the material.
When you actually sit down, you can naturally entrust your body to it, and you can relax in various ways of sitting. Wegner himself is a craftsman who knows wood inside and out, so this chair makes the most of the characteristics of the material. Wegner himself is a craftsman who knows all about the charm of materials, and is a masterpiece that uses natural materials luxuriously.
Hans.J. Wegner (Denmark, 1914-2007) / About Hans J. Wegner
Wegner was born in 1914 in Tuner, a town on the Danish-German border to a shoemaker. Furniture craftsman HF Stalberg studied furniture under him and obtained a cabinet craftsman's license at the age of 17. Three years later he moved to Copenhagen, where he attended a craft school from 1936 to 1938 before beginning his career as a designer. In 1940, Wegner participated in the architectural project of Arne Jacobsen and Eric Muller for the Aarhus City Hall, and is also known for designing the furniture to be installed there. This year also saw the start of collaboration with Johannes Hansen, a furniture workshop that has made a major contribution to the Danish design world.
One of the most creative and original designers in the Danish design world, Wegner is known as the master of chairs, having designed more than 500 chairs. And many of them are now internationally acclaimed as masterpieces.
Wegner, who was often asked by people outside of Denmark, ``How was that unique style called Danish Modern created?'' I think it was made by.For me, it's a work to make it simpler.The four legs, the seat surface, the back, the arms, and the frame that connects them are all necessary and wasteful. It's about stripping away the elements." In pursuit of simple beauty and functionality, he reveals the core of the furniture, what can be called the essence of the furniture. This can be said to be Wegner's greatest achievement.
