'Wishbone' chairs, set of four
Designer
Hans J. Wegner
Manufacturer/Maker/Editor
Carl Hansen & Søn
Origin
Denmark
Year
1950
Design Museum Section
Danish Design Icons
Categories
Dining chairs, Side chairs
Designheroes ID
16239
Auction House
Wright
Headquarter
Chicago, United States
Availability
sold
Condition
pre-owned/vintage
Sale name
American Design
Sale Location
Chicago, United States
'Wishbone' chairs, set of four
Carl Hansen & Søn
Denmark, 1950
oak, paper cord
28½ h × 21½ w × 20½ d in (72 × 55 × 52 cm)
Signed with decal manufacturer's label to underside of two examples 'CHS Made in Denmark by Carl Hansen & Son Mobelfabrik A/S Odense Design: Hans J. Wegner'. Branded manufacturer's mark to underside of two examples ‘Made in Denmark By Carl Hansen & Son Odense Denmark’.
Literature
Julius Shulman: Chicago Mid-Century Modernism, Gand, pg. 187 illustrates these examples in situ
Hans J. Wegner, Bernsen, ppg. 28-29
Carl Hansen & Son: Mobelfabrik A/S, manufacturer's catalog, unpaginated
Scandinavian Design, Fiell, pg. 651
Hans J. Wegner, Bernsen, ppg. 28-29
Carl Hansen & Son: Mobelfabrik A/S, manufacturer's catalog, unpaginated
Scandinavian Design, Fiell, pg. 651
Provenance
Collection of Donald Wrobleski
Object
'Wishbone' chairs, set of four
Designer
Hans J. Wegner
Manufacturer/Maker/Editor
Carl Hansen & Søn
Origin
Denmark
Year
1950
Design Museum Section
Danish Design Icons
Categories
Dining chairs, Side chairs
Designheroes ID
16239
Auction House
Wright
Headquarter
Chicago, United States
Availability
sold
Condition
pre-owned/vintage
Sale name
American Design
Sale Location
Chicago, United States
