Set of six 'China' armchairs, mod. 4283
Designer
Hans J. Wegner
Manufacturer/Maker/Editor
Fritz Hansen
Origin
Denmark
Year Designed / Year Made
1944 / 1969-1970
Design Museum Section
Danish Design Icons
Categories
Dining chairs, Side chairs
Designheroes ID
273023
Auction House
Phillips
Headquarter
New York, United States
Condition
pre-owned/vintage
Sale name
Design
Sale Location
New York, United States
Set of six 'China' armchairs, mod. 4283
Brazilian rosewood, vinyl upholstery.
designed 1944, executed 1969-1970
Each: 32 1/2 x 22 1/4 x 21 1/2 in. (82.6 x 56.5 x 54.6 cm)
Manufactured by Fritz Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Underside of each with manufacturer's paper label printed FH/MADE IN DENMARK/BY FRITZHANSEN/FURNITUREMAKERS/DANISH/CONTROL and with four-digit date codes.
Literature
Af Jørn Rubow, "Udstillingen i Kunstindustrimuseet," Nyt Tidsskrift For Kunstindustri, no. 6, June 1944, p. 90
Ingvar Bergström, “Danskt i Röhsska Konstslöjdmuseet,” Nyt Tidsskrift For Kunstindustri, no. 10, October 1945, p. 119
"Problem Areas," Interior Design, November 1971, illustrated p. 104
Christian Holmsted Olesen, Wegner: just one good chair, exh. cat., Design Museum Denmark, Copenhagen, 2014, pp. 114, 121
Ingvar Bergström, “Danskt i Röhsska Konstslöjdmuseet,” Nyt Tidsskrift For Kunstindustri, no. 10, October 1945, p. 119
"Problem Areas," Interior Design, November 1971, illustrated p. 104
Christian Holmsted Olesen, Wegner: just one good chair, exh. cat., Design Museum Denmark, Copenhagen, 2014, pp. 114, 121
Provenance
Private collection, New York, circa 1969
Thence by descent to the present owner
Thence by descent to the present owner
Object
Set of six 'China' armchairs, mod. 4283
Designer
Hans J. Wegner
Manufacturer/Maker/Editor
Fritz Hansen
Origin
Denmark
Year Designed / Year Made
1944 / 1969-1970
Design Museum Section
Danish Design Icons
Categories
Dining chairs, Side chairs
Designheroes ID
273023
Auction House
Phillips
Headquarter
New York, United States
Condition
pre-owned/vintage
Sale name
Design
Sale Location
New York, United States
