Design

Hans Wegner, "Valet" Chair, Model No. JH540

Lot Closed

October 7, 06:01 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 9,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Hans Wegner

"Valet" Chair, Model No. JH540

designed 1953

produced by Johannes Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark

teak, brass, leather

branded JOHANNES HANSEN/COPENHAGEN/DENMARK

31 1/4 x 19 5/8 x 20 in. (79.4 x 49.8 x 50.8 cm)

Grete Jalk, Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar, Volume 3: 1947-1956, Copenhagen, 1987, pp. 246-247

Noritsugu Oda, Danish Chairs, San Francisco, 1996, pp. 116-117

Bodil Busk Laursen, Soren Matz and Christian Holmsted Oleson, eds., Mesterværker: 100 års dansk møbelsnedkeri, Copenhagen, 2003, pp. 58-59, 134

Christian Holmsted Olesen, Hans J. Wegner: Danske Designere, Denmark, 2006, p. 35

Hans J. Wegner, exh. cat., Dansk Møbelkunst, Copenhagen, 2007, pp. 38-39

Christian Holmsted Olesen, WEGNER: just one good chair, exh. cat., Designmuseum Denmark, Copenhagen, 2014, pp. 6, 65-66, 128