Hans J. Wegner - Design London Wednesday, April 26, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Piasa, Paris, 'Design Scandinave', 29 October 2013, lot 297
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Literature

    Johan Møller Nielson, Wegner en Dansk Møbelkunstner, Copenhagen, 1965, pp. 48, 52, 85
    Jens Bernsen, Hans J Wegner: Om Design, exh. cat., Dansk Design Center, Copenhagen, 1995, pp. 15, 38-39, 77
    Noritsugu Oda, Danish Chairs, San Francisco, 1996, p. 110
    Dansk Møbel Kunst, Hans J. Wegner, Copenhagen, 2007, pp. 22-23
    Christian Holmsted Olesen, Wegner: Just One Good Chair, exh. cat., Design Museum Denmark, Copenhagen, 2014, pp. 52, 183

115

Two folding chairs, model no. 512

circa 1949
Oak, cane, brass.
76 x 61 x 73 cm (29 7/8 x 24 x 28 3/4 in.)
Executed by master cabinetmaker Johannes Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Underside of each impressed with cabinetmaker's mark and JOHANNES HANSEN/COPENHAGEN/DENMARK. Together with two hanging hooks.

Estimate
£4,000 - 6,000 

Sold for £10,795

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Design

London Auction 26 April 2023