75 Hans J. Wegner Set of eight 'Cowhorn' chairs, model no. JH 505 circa 1952 Teak, rosewood inlays, leather. Each: 73.8 x 58.6 x 47.2 cm (29 x 23 1/8 x 18 5/8 in.) Manufactured by Johannes Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Each underside with manufacturer's metal label impressed JOHANNES HANSEN/CABINET MAKER/COPENHAGEN-DENMARK/DESIGN: H.J. WEGNER.
Provenance Dansk Møbelkunst Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark Phillips de Pury & Company, London, 'Nordic', 27 September 2012, lot 240 Acquired from the above by the present owner Literature Henrik Sten Mølller, Tema Med Variationer: Hans J. Wegner’s Møbler, Tønder, 1979, p. 49 Grete Jalk ed., Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar, Volume 3: 1947-1956, Copenhagen, 1987, p. 213 Jens Bernsen, Hans J. Wegner: om Design, exh. cat., Dansk Design Center, Copenhagen, 1995, p. 75 Christian Holmsted Olesen, Wegner: just one good chair, exh. cat., Design Museum Denmark, 2014, p. 136 Catalogue Essay The present model was exhibited at the 'Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild', Kunstindustrimuseet, Copenhagen, 26 September-12 October 1952, stand 23. Read More
75 Hans J. Wegner Set of eight 'Cowhorn' chairs, model no. JH 505 circa 1952 Teak, rosewood inlays, leather. Each: 73.8 x 58.6 x 47.2 cm (29 x 23 1/8 x 18 5/8 in.) Manufactured by Johannes Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Each underside with manufacturer's metal label impressed JOHANNES HANSEN/CABINET MAKER/COPENHAGEN-DENMARK/DESIGN: H.J. WEGNER.
Provenance Dansk Møbelkunst Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark Phillips de Pury & Company, London, 'Nordic', 27 September 2012, lot 240 Acquired from the above by the present owner Literature Henrik Sten Mølller, Tema Med Variationer: Hans J. Wegner’s Møbler, Tønder, 1979, p. 49 Grete Jalk ed., Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar, Volume 3: 1947-1956, Copenhagen, 1987, p. 213 Jens Bernsen, Hans J. Wegner: om Design, exh. cat., Dansk Design Center, Copenhagen, 1995, p. 75 Christian Holmsted Olesen, Wegner: just one good chair, exh. cat., Design Museum Denmark, 2014, p. 136 Catalogue Essay The present model was exhibited at the 'Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild', Kunstindustrimuseet, Copenhagen, 26 September-12 October 1952, stand 23. Read More
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