Hans J. Wegner - Nordic Design London Wednesday, September 25, 2013 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Gifted as a retirement present from Hans Wegner to a Johannes Hansen cabinetmaker

  • Literature

    Grete Jalk, ed., Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar, Volume 4: 1957-1966, Copenhagen, 1987, p. 123
    Johan Møller Nielsen, Wegner - en Dansk Møbelkunstner, Copenhagen, 1965, p. 77

  • Catalogue Essay

    The present model chair was exhibited in ‘Snedkerlaugets Møbeludstilling’, Kunstindustrimuseet, stand 25, Copenhagen, 16 September - 2 October, 1960.

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Prototype 'Roman' armchair

circa 1960
Oak, leather.
72.2 x 74.4 x 47 cm (28 3/8 x 29 1/4 x 18 1/2 in.)
Produced by cabinetmaker Johannes Hansen, Denmark.

Estimate
£50,000 - 70,000 

Sold for £122,500

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