Candidate Chairs Hans Wegner

Candidate Chairs Hans WegnerA pair of 'Kandidaten' (Candidate) chairs designed Ib Kofod Larsen's as part of a collection drawn for Swedish producer Olof Perssons Ftljindustri known as OPE in the 1950s. Perssons small factory was based in Jonkoping in southern Sweden and like several other domestic producers at the time they looked south to Denmark for talented architects in the 1950s. Prior to working with Kofod Larsen and his Danish contemporaries Tove and Edvard Kindt Larsen,

This example comes in beautifully patinated

These examples have been reupholstered in luxurious moss green cotton velvet by Rose Uniacke

She made significant contributions to the Danish Modern movement

Wegner's first major foray into industrial production began with Carl Hansen in 1949 with 3 chairs including the iconic Wishbone chair

combines fumed oak with Pierre Frey's beautiful woven Arsene fabric

His career started in earnest in the 1920s

dating from the early 1940s

The Pragh chair features a curved

Kai Kristiansen studied under Professor Kaare Klint at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen

tapered stained beech wood feet

Early rosewood editions are rarely seen and highly sought-after in today's market

Many high-quality workshops and factories across the country produced armchairs and sofas in this style