Name: CH07 Shell Lounge Chair: Walnut
Brand: Carl Hansen & Søn • Hans J. Wegner
SKU: CHS-CH07-LAQ-WAL-FAB-GRP-1
Price: 5050.00 USD
Availability: InStock

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Spec Sheet

Description

Hans J. Wegner's groundbreaking Shell Lounge Chair gets a version in rich oiled or lacquered walnut with premium textile or leather upholstery. Its winglike profile and distinctive curving tapered legs may have been ahead of their time in 1963 on its debut but its reissue in 1998 heralded a modernist icon. The comfort-inducing seat and back are made from highest quality, form-pressed hardwood laminates and the stable trio of front and back legs is each shaped in a single continuous length.

Specifications

Size

29.1" h x 36.2" w x 32.3" d (74x92x82cm)
Seat height: 13.8" (35cm)

Material

Walnut

Details

Fabric Group 1: Canvas 2, Clara 2, Remix 3, Mood, Capture
Fabric Group 2: Molly 2, Re-Wool
Fabric Group 3: Fiord 2, Hallingdal 65
Fabric Group 4: Divina Melange 3
Leather Group A: Loke
Leather Group B: Thor
Leather Group C: Sif
Leather Group G: Cowhide
COM and COL are available on request

Brand

Carl Hansen & Søn

For Knud Erik Hansen, grandson of founder Carl Hansen and now the third-generation leader of the family-owned business, the way to the future also means honoring what has come before. Beginning in 1908 when a young cabinetmaker opened a small furniture workshop on the Danish island of Funen to today with Carl Hansen & Søn numbering some 400 employees worldwide, the company’s core mission in producing exceptional Danish Modern furniture has never wavered — an uncompromising commitment to the finest craftsmanship as reflected in the work of the best designers of the past and present.

The turning point came in 1949, when Carl’s son Holger Hansen took a chance on the then-unknown Hans J. Wegner, since revered for his now-classic Wishbone Chair, and the union continues to this day with the company as the world’s largest producer of Wegner’s furniture manufactured in Denmark. Alongside other Midcentury benchmarks from the likes of Ole Wanscher, Frits Henningsen, Arne Jacobsen and pioneering female architect Bodil Kjær, the company continues to introduce work from new Danish visionaries such as design duo Strand + Hvass, Thomas Bo Kastholm, Anker Bak and multidisciplinary artist Naja Utzon Popov. “If we play it cleverly and maintain our high quality and sustainability we have a great future,” says Knud Hansen. “Our furniture lasts for generations, so our quality is the key to our continuity. We have been producing wood furniture in Denmark for thousands of years.”