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pp550 | Peacock Chair
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Architonic ID: 1002903
Año de Lanzamiento: 1947
The Peacock Chair is historically anchored in the classic British Windsor Chair. As were the case with many of his early works, Wegner updated his sources of inspiration to a modern version while adding sophisticated details that required the greatest accuracy from highly skilled craftsmen.
The sweeping back of the Peacock Chair is characterized by fourteen sticks linking the seat and the arch. The flat middle parts of the sticks, which give the chair its peacock-like appearance, are located exactly where one’s shoulder blades rest against the chair’s back and provide back support.
Despite the Peacock Chair’s almost postmodern design, it was designed back in 1947. The deliberately modern lines are not just a product of a refined sense of aesthetics but provide a tangible seating experience.
Available in oak and ash.
Papercord seat.
Concepto
When Finn Juhl first saw this chair he immediately noticed its characteristic back and named it The Peacock Chair- a name which stuck with the chair.
Despite the chair’s almost postmodern design, it was actually manufactured as far back as 1947 at Johannes Hansen’s Møbelsnedkeri A/S.
However, its consciously modern lines are not merely a matter of looks. Rather, the sweeping back with its extravagantly shaped sticks are a feat of ergonomic aesthetics. The flat part of the sticks, which gives it its peacock-like appearance, are placed where the shoulder-blades meet the chair’s back.
Also, and not unusual with Wegner, the chair also has a historical anchorage, namely in the classic Windsor Chair. As in other cases Wegner has updated his idol in a modern version. PP Møbler resumed production of the chair in 1992.
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Material
Base madera maciza, Asiento tejido, Madera
Archivos de diseño
3
Distribuidores
Diseñadores
Hans J. Wegner
Denmark
Hans J Wegner was one of the world's most famous furniture designers in the 20th century, and one of the driving forces behind the rise and influence of Danish design. The Life of Hans J Wegner Hans J Wegner was born on 2 April, 1914, in Tønder, Denmark. His talent for wood carving was recognised early on, during his apprenticeship as a carpenter. He went on to study design and also architecture at what would later become the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, where he taught furniture design between 1946 and 1953. In 1940, he initiated a project to fit out the Town Hall of Aarhus, together with fellow architects Erik Moller and Arne Jacobsen. That same year, Wegner began collaborating with the master cabinetmaker Johannes Hansen. The Danish Museum of Art & Design first bought one of Wegner’s chairs in 1942; but his most popular chair was the 1949 Wishbone Chair which has been produced since 1950 by Carl Hansen & Son. In 1982, Hans J Wegner won the CF Hansen Medal for architecture, the highest award for the discipline in Denmark; and in 1997 he won the 8th International Design Award in Osaka. He was also awarded with an honorary doctorate from the Royal College of Art in London in 1997. Hans J Wegner’s design approach Hans J Wegner was one of the most creative and productive furniture designers of his time. He designed numerous chairs, living-room furniture, dining tables and other home furnishings. He was best known for his chairs however; and following his motto ‘a chair is a chair only if someone sits on it’, Wegner united form and function with his chairs, and brought Scandinavian design to the fore. Wegner was concerned not only with the appearance of a chair, but with its function – to support the human body. Hans J Wegner's creativity and his extraordinary sense for sculptural expression made him the pioneer of Danish modernism. His approach to minimalism was inspired by the material properties of wood, and the sculptural, organic forms found in nature. For Wegner, the experience of a chair was not limited to the merely visual; it should be an artwork that appeals to all the senses, touch included. Hans J Wegner’s CH24 Wishbone Chair The CH24 Wishbone Chair, also known as the Y-Chair, is one of Hans J Wegner’s most successful designs. He created it for Carl Hansen & Son, who have produced it since the 1950s, as part of a series of chairs inspired by antique Chinese armchairs. The characteristic element that gives the chair its name is a Y-shaped, clavicle-like element supporting the backrest. The ergonomic design and strong, structural form of the Wishbone Chair have made it a design classic, and the chair became world famous when, in 1961, it was used during a TV debate between John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon. The CH25 Lounge Chair: a Danish design icon The CH25 Lounge Chair was one of the first chairs designed by Wegner for furniture manufacturer Carl Hansen & Son. The sloping rear legs give the CH25 Chair its characteristic appearance: restrained and yet structurally dynamic at the same time. The CH25 Lounge Chair was designed to be relaxing, while offering enough support so that the occupant would not fall asleep. Its strong form, and sculptural use of wood, is similar to that of the Wishbone Chair. © by Architonic
