Airline Chair By Hans J Wegner

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Hans Wegner had been designing
class="cap">Through     for a vast number of public
the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s,     places from the beginning of the
the Airline Chair buy Hans J.         1960s all the way up to the 80s,
Wegner has been part of airports,     such as public offices,
public offices, hotels and            international airports, hotels,
private homes. It’s a furniture       but he still had a lot of private
design masterpiece.                   homes as well. He incorporated
Hans J. Wegner was a skilled          the Airline chair into part of
designer in all facets and            the décor at most of these
learned a lot through his early       places, allowing everyone to
years as a carpenter, as he           grasp the image of the chair and
learned about the free use and        remember it as an iconic piece.
movement of wood, which can be        And although it was a designed in
combined with many other types of     one format it appeared in many
materials to create something         variations and formats, but stood
unique. He made many chairs and       holding true to the core design.
was part of many projects over        Many of his other famous designs
his career-span, and he became        also made their way into part of
noted for his particular              these surroundings as well, the
technique of meshing stainless        Hoop Chair and the China
steel with wood and upholstery,       Chair.

which gave the many chairs he

Hans Wegner always kept one
created a very modernistic look.      philosophy throughout his design
He first designed the Airline         process that he adhered to, and
Chair, otherwise known as the         which is also within the design
“ch401 Airline Chair” or “The         of the ‘The Kastrup Chair” as
Kastrup Chair” around 1958, and       well, “First and foremost a chair
was aimed at becoming part of an      must be comfortable and it must
ongoing design project.

be cared for by the finest

craftsmen and not least a chair       Fritz Hansen, but this is one of
must also be shaped well.” On         his pieces that is exclusively
that simple ideal he constructed      made by Carl Hansen & Son in
a lot of seemingly perfect chairs     Denmark. It roughly a cost about
that also seamed simple as well,      $2675US for a single unit that is
but were far from it. The outline     tailored to your liking and it is
structure of the Airline Chair is     a price that many are willing to
rooted on a sightless frame made      pay for a remarkable creation
out of solid beech wood, which is     from an equally remarkable
then reinforced and added to the      designer.

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