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The Peacock Chair
Chair designed by Hans J. Wegner in 1947 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Peacock Chair (Danish: Påfuglestolen) is a chair designed by Hans J. Wegner in 1947. It was originally produced by Johannes Hansen but its currently produced by PP Møbler under the model number PP550.[1]
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Designer | Hans Wegner |
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Date | 1947 |
Made in | Denmark |
Materials | Oak, ash, paper cord |
Sold by | Johannes Hansen, PP Møbler |
As it was characteristic of Wegner's furniture, the Peacock Chair borrows from the design of the traditional English Windsor chair.[2] To add an element of design and to make the chair more ergonomic for the user's shoulders, Wegner chose to flatten the fan of spindles.[3] When fellow designer Finn Juhl first saw the chair's characteristic flat spindle backrest, he was reminded of a peacock's tail and christened it the Peacock Chair.[4]
Wegner also experimented with an upholstered version of the chair and displayed it at the 1953 Cabinetmakers' Guild Exhibition.[5] It was never put into mass production in Wegner's lifetime and only a handful were produced by Johannes Hansen. PP Møbler re-released the chair in 2014 to mark the anniversary of Wegner's 100th birthday.[6] In 2018, Philips auctioned an early version of the upholstered chair with selling price of $68,750.[5]