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Two "China" armchairs, model no. 4283
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ARTIST
Hans J. Wegner
Size
Each: 32 1/2 x 22 1/4 x 21 1/2 in. (82.6 x 56.5 x 54.6 cm)
Description
PROPERTY FROM AN EAST COAST COLLECTION
Medium
Brazilian rosewood, vinyl upholstery.
Signature
Manufactured by Fritz Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Underside of each with manufacturer's paper label printed FH/MADE IN DENMARK/BY FRITZHANSEN/FURNITUREMAKERS/DANISH/CONTROL and with four-digit date codes.
Provenance
Private collection, New York, circa 1969
Thence by descent to the present owner
Literature
Af Jørn Rubow, "Udstillingen i Kunstindustrimuseet," Nyt Tidsskrift For Kunstindustri, no. 6, June 1944, p. 90
Ingvar Bergström, “Danskt i Röhsska Konstslöjdmuseet,” Nyt Tidsskrift For Kunstindustri, no. 10, October 1945, p. 119
"Problem Areas," Interior Design, November 1971, p. 104
Christian Holmsted Olesen, Wegner: just one good chair, exh. cat., Design Museum Denmark, Copenhagen, 2014, pp. 114, 121