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Hans J. Wegner
'Valet' chair, model no. JH540, designed 1953

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

Sold for £10,200 inc. premium

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Hans J. Wegner

'Valet' chair, model no. JH540, designed 1953
Teak, oak, brass, leather.
95 x 50 x 51.5 cm
Executed by master cabinetmaker Johannes Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Underside impressed with manufacturer's mark JOHANNES HANSEN/COPENHAGEN/DENMARK.

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Literature
Johan Møller Nielsen, Wegner en Dansk Møbelkunstner, Copenhagen, 1965, pp. 56-58
Les Assises du Siège Contemporain, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 1968, p. 117
Grete Jalk, ed., Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar, Volume 3: 1947-1956, Copenhagen, 1987, pp. 246-47
Christian Holmsted Olesen, Wegner: just one good chair, exh. cat., Design Museum Denmark, Copenhagen, 2014, pp. 6, 65-66, 128

The present model was exhibited at the 'Copenhagen Cabinetmakers' Guild', Kunstindustrimuseet, Copenhagen, 25 September-11 October 1953, stand 2, and 'Les Assises du Siège Contemporain', Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 3 May-29 July 1968.

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