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Lot 46TP

Hans J. Wegner
Folding chair, model no. JH 512, designed 1949

12 October 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £7,650 inc. premium

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Hans J. Wegner

Folding chair, model no. JH 512, designed 1949
Teak, cane, brass.
76.5 x 61.5 x 76 cm
Executed by cabinetmaker Johannes Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Underside impressed JOHANNES HANSEN/COPENHAGEN/DENMARK and manufacturer's mark.

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Literature
'Danimarca', Domus, no. 259, June 1951, p. 29
Svend Erik Møller and Viggo Sten Møller, Dansk Møbelkunst, Københavns snedkerlaugs møbeludstilling 1927-1951, Copenhagen, 1951, p. 95
Johan Møller Nielson, Sitting Pretty: wegner en dansk møbelkunstner, Copenhagen, 1965, pp. 48, 52, 98-99, 102, 106-107
Kathryn B. Hiesinger and George Marcus, Design Since 1945, exh. cat., Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1983, p. 137
Christian Holmsted Olesen, just one good chair, exh. cat., Design Museum Denmark, 2014, pp. 52, 78, 82, 183

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