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Lot 87TP

Hans J. Wegner
Two 'Shell' chairs, model no. FH1936, designed in 1948, produced 1948-mid 1950s

4 October 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £9,562.50 inc. premium

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Hans J. Wegner

Two 'Shell' chairs, model no. FH1936, designed in 1948, produced 1948-mid 1950s
Walnut-veneered plywood, beech.
Each: 69.5 x 70.5 x 62.5 cm
Manufactured by Fritz Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Footnotes

Provenance
Private collection, London
Bonhams, London, 'Post War and Contemporary Art & Design', 10 March 2010, lot 4
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature
Johan Møller Nielson, Wegner en Dansk Møbelkunstner, Copenhagen, 1965, p. 82
Lesley Jackson, The New Look: Design in the Fifties, exh. cat., Manchester City Art Galleries, 1991, p. 41
Christian Holmsted Olesen, Wegner: just one good chair, exh. cat., Design Museum Denmark, Copenhagen, 2014, pp. 158, 166

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