Name: OW149 Colonial Chair
Brand: Carl Hansen & Søn • Ole Wanscher
SKU: CHS-OW149-SOA-OAK-FAB-GRP-1
Price: 4770.00 USD
Availability: InStock

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Spec Sheet

Description

Balancing his modernist bonafides and a regard for classic furniture, Danish designer Ole Wanscher unveiled Colonial Chair in 1959. Striving for timelessness and favoring slender dimensions, his seating is a marvel of stability with its bracingly curved wood armrests that rise to a point before turning downward and back legs that flare steadily outward. In a range of finishes, the slim solid walnut or oak framework adds plush cushioning in cold foam and down with a choice of fine fabric or leather upholstery.

Specifications

Size

33.5" h x 25.6" w x 27.2" d (85x65x69cm)
Seat height: 18.1" (46cm)
Armrest height: 24.4" (62cm)

Material

Oak, walnut, foam

Details

Fabric Group 1: Clara 2, Remix 3, Capture, Focus Royal, Mood, Passion
Fabric Group 2: Re-wool 2
Fabric Group 3: Fiord 2, Hallingdal 65
Fabric Group 4: Divina Melange 3, Keiga
Fabric Group 8: Nara, Serpentine, Sisu
Fabric Group 9: Baru
Fabric Group 10: Vidar 4, Tiree, Antoni Joe
Fabric Group 12: Storr
Leather Group A: Loke
Leather Group B: Thor
Leather Group C: Sif, Terra
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.”