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Fritz Hansen Wingback Chairs

Danish, 1847-1902

When the Copenhagen-based furniture maker Fritz Hansen opened for business more than 140 years ago, the company — which today styles itself The Republic of Fritz Hansen — adhered to the traditional, time-honored Danish values of craftsmanship in woodworking and joinery. Yet thanks to the postwar innovations of Arne Jacobsen and others, Fritz Hansen would become the country’s leader in Scandinavian modern design using new, forward-looking materials and methods.

Fritz Hansen started his company in 1872, specializing in the manufacture of small furniture parts. In 1915, the firm became the first in Denmark to make chairs using steam-bent wood (a technique most familiar from birch used in the ubiquitous café chairs by Austrian maker Thonet). At the time, Fritz Hansen was best known for seating that featured curved legs and curlicue splats and referenced 18th-century Chippendale designs.

In the next few decades, the company promoted simple, plain chairs with slatted backs and cane or rush seats designed by such proto-modernist masters as Kaare Klint and Søren Hansen. Still, the most aesthetically striking piece Fritz Hansen produced in the first half of the 20th century was arguably the China chair of 1944 by Hans Wegner — and that piece, with its yoke-shaped bentwood back- and armrest, was based on seating manufactured in China during the Ming dynasty. (Wegner was moved by portraits he’d seen of Danish merchants in the Chinese chairs.) 

Everything changed in 1952 with Arne Jacobsen’s Ant chair. The collaboration between the architect and Fritz Hansen officially originated in 1934 — that year, Jacobsen created his inaugural piece for the manufacturer, the solid beechwood Bellevue chair for a restaurant commission. The Ant chair, however, was the breakthrough.

With assistance from his then-apprentice Verner Panton, Jacobsen designed the Ant chair for the cafeteria of a Danish healthcare company called Novo Nordisk. The chair was composed of a seat and backrest formed from a single piece of molded plywood attached, in its original iteration, to three tubular metal legs. Its silhouette suggests the shape of the insect’s body, and the lightweight, stackable chair and its biomorphic form became an international hit.

Jacobsen followed with more plywood successes, such as the Grand Prix chair of 1957. The following year he designed the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen and its furnishings, including the Egg chair and the Swan chair. Those two upholstered pieces, with their lush, organic frames made of fiberglass-reinforced polyurethane, have become the two chairs most emblematic of mid-20th-century cool. Moreover, the Egg and Swan led Fritz Hansen to fully embrace new man-made materials, like foam, plastic and steel wire used to realize the avant-garde creations of later generations of designers with whom the firm collaborated, such as Piet Hein, Jørn Utzon (the architect of the Sydney Opera House) and Verner Panton. If the Fritz Hansen of 1872 would not now recognize his company, today’s connoisseurs certainly do.

Find a collection of vintage Fritz Hansen tables, lounge chairs, sofas and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Creator: Fritz Hansen
Rare Lounge Chair by Fritz Hansen, Made in Denmark, 1940s
By Fritz Hansen
Located in Lejre, DK
Lounge chair in lacquered beech and seagrass designed and made by cabinetmaker Fritz Hansen 1940s.
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1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fritz Hansen Wingback Chairs

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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fritz Hansen Wingback Chairs

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Fritz Hansen Model 1672 Sheepskin Wing Chair, 1940s
By Fritz Hansen
Located in London, GB
Fritz Hansen Model 1672 Wing Chair A large wing chair produced in Denmark in the 1940s by manufacturers Fritz Hansen. The square beech wood legs have been stained and oiled and th...
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1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fritz Hansen Wingback Chairs

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Sheepskin, Beech

Fritz Hansen Model 1582 Wingback Lounge Chair in Beech & Leather, c. 1940's
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Fritz Hansen Wingback Chairs

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Leather, Beech

Pair of Fritz Hansen 1940s Sheepskin Wing Chairs
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Fritz Hansen 1950s Wingback Chair Model 8023 in Teak Danish Midcentury
By Fritz Hansen
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Fantastic Danish midcentury wingback chair model 8023 designed by Fritz Hansen and first seen in Fritz Hansen's 1951 catalog. Very elegant design with a slim silhouette and a strong ...
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fritz Hansen Wingback Chairs

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Fritz Hansen by Jaime Hayon Blue & Grey RO Lounge Armchair
By Jaime Hayon, Fritz Hansen
Located in London, GB
Designed by Jaime Hayon for Fritz Hansen, the RO lounge armchair is named after the Danish word for ‘tranquillity’. The soft curves of th...
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60s, Danish Design by Fritz Hansen, Relax Lounge Chair, Original Condition
By Fritz Hansen
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1960s, Danish design by Fritz Hansen. Relax lounge chair, original very good condition, no smells. Light green velour. Oak wood legs, brass spring...
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fritz Hansen Wingback Chairs

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Fritz Hansen Rare Pair of Wingback Lounge Chairs Model 1582 in Sheepskin, 1930s
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1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fritz Hansen Wingback Chairs

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Lambskin, Beech

Fritz Hansen Model "FH 8023" Wingback Armchair in Bouclé, Denmark, 1950s
By Fritz Hansen
Located in Utrecht, NL
Throughout Scandinavia, there's a long history of pride in craftsmanship which is especially true of Denmark and one of its most reputable furniture makers Fritz Hansen. This beautif...
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Armchair “Egg Chair” Designed by Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen, Denmark, 1958
By Arne Jacobsen, Fritz Hansen
Located in Stockholm, SE
Armchair “Egg chair” designed by Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen, Denmark. 1958. Original leather and aluminium. Very early model with the built up seat, without separate cushion. ...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fritz Hansen Wingback Chairs

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Fritz Hansen Wingback Lounge Chair Danish Midcentury
By Fritz Hansen
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Classic Fritz Hansen high back lounge chair with open armrests designed by Soren Hansen and manufactured in the 1940s by Fritz Hansen. One of Fritz Hansen's most enduring designs ele...
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fritz Hansen Wingback Chairs

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Beech, Wool

Early Mid-Century Soren Hansen for Fritz Hansen Wingback Lounge Chair
By Fritz Hansen, Frits Hansen/Soren Hansen
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Classic Fritz Hansen high back lounge chair with open armrests designed by Soren Hansen and manufactured in the 1940s by Fritz Hansen. One of Fritz Hansen's most enduring designs ele...
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fritz Hansen Wingback Chairs

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Fritz Hansen wingback chairs for sale on 1stDibs.

Fritz Hansen wingback chairs are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Fritz Hansen wingback chairs, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original wingback chairs by Fritz Hansen were created in the Scandinavian Modern style in scandinavia during the mid-20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider wingback chairs by Hans J. Wegner, Børge Mogensen, and Ib Kofod-Larsen. Prices for Fritz Hansen wingback chairs can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $1,794 and can go as high as $29,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $5,552.

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