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A 'Long-Horned Bull' chair, model no. JH518, designed 1961
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HANS WEGNER (1914-2007)
A 'Long-Horned Bull' chair, model no. JH518, designed 1961
oak, leather upholstery
executed by master cabinetmakers Johannes Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark
28 ¾ x 28 ¼ x 19 ¾ (73 x 78.5 x 50 cm.)
underside with manufacturer's metal label JOHANNES HANSEN/COPENHAGEN-DENMARK/DESIGN: H.J. WEGNER
A 'Long-Horned Bull' chair, model no. JH518, designed 1961
oak, leather upholstery
executed by master cabinetmakers Johannes Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark
28 ¾ x 28 ¼ x 19 ¾ (73 x 78.5 x 50 cm.)
underside with manufacturer's metal label JOHANNES HANSEN/COPENHAGEN-DENMARK/DESIGN: H.J. WEGNER
Literature
Other examples illustrated:
B. Salicath, 'Omkring Danmark i Köln', Dansk Kunsthaandværk, no. 1, 1964-1965, p. 177, fig. 2d;
J. Møller Nielsen, Wegner, en dansk møbelkunster, Copenhagen, 1965, p. 79-80;
C. H. Olesen, Wegner, just one good chair, exh. cat., Design Museum Denmark, Copenhagen, 2014, p. 145.
B. Salicath, 'Omkring Danmark i Köln', Dansk Kunsthaandværk, no. 1, 1964-1965, p. 177, fig. 2d;
J. Møller Nielsen, Wegner, en dansk møbelkunster, Copenhagen, 1965, p. 79-80;
C. H. Olesen, Wegner, just one good chair, exh. cat., Design Museum Denmark, Copenhagen, 2014, p. 145.
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