Hans J. Wegner's CH28P Armchair, designed in 1951, incorporates many of the master's design features. This armchair, which went into production the following year, is not only functional, but also very comfortable. The CH28P is the very essence of excellent craftsmanship and comfort. Wegner's predilection for creating the perfect balance of form and function is evident in its elegant design elements and carefully considered details. The armrests are generously rounded and Wegner creates an interesting dynamic between the slender and wide seat, the curved backrest and the rounded legs. The seat of the CH28P lounge chair is available upholstered in a variety of leathers.Â
The CH28 is also available in the CH28T model with a wooden seat.
Dimensions 73 x 67 x H77cm â seat height 37cm
Frame solid oak
Seat and backrest oak plywood, CMHR fire-resistant foam
Armrests solid oak or solid walnut
CH28P Lounge chair
from
oiled oak / Thor leather 301 (price group B)
Hans J. Wegner
Hans J. Wegner was born in 1914 in Tønder, Denmark, the son of a shoemaker. At the age of 17, he finished his apprenticeship as a cabinetmaker with H. F. Stahlberg, in whose workshops Wegnerâs first design experiments took form. He moved to Copenhagen as a 20 year-old, and attended the School of Arts and Crafts from 1936 â 1938 before he began working as an architect.
As a young architect, Wegner joined Arne Jacobsen and Erik Møller in à rhus, working on furniture design for the new à rhus city hall in 1940. It was during the same year that Wegner began collaborating with master cabinetmaker, Johannes Hansen, who was a driving force in bringing new furniture design to the Danish public.
The Copenhagen Museum of Art and Industry acquired its first Wegner chair in 1942.
Wegner started his own design office in 1943. It was in 1944 that he designed the first âChinese chairâ in a series of new chairs that were inspired by portraits of Danish merchants sitting in Ming chairs. One of these chairs, the âWishbone Chairâ, designed in 1949 and produced by Carl Hansen & Son in Odense since 1950, became the most successful of all Wegner chairs.
Among Danish furniture designers, Hans J. Wegner is considered one of the most creative and productive. He has received practically every major recognition given to designers, including the Lunning prize, the grand prix of the Milan Triennale, Swedenâs Prince Eugen medal and the Danish Eckersberg medal. Wegner is an honorary Royal designer for industry of the Royal Society of Arts in London. Almost all of the worldâs major design museums â from The Museum of Modern Art in New York to Die Neue Sammlung in Munich â include his furniture in their collections.
Hans J. Wegner died in Denmark in January, 2007.
Hans J. Wegnerâs  contribution to Danish Modern:
- First a cabinetmaker, then a designer: integrates exacting joinery techniques and exquisite form.
- A deep respect for wood and its characteristics â and an abiding curiosity about other natural materials
- Brings an organic, natural softness to formalistic minimalism
- Generally regarded as âthe master of the chairâ, with more than 400 chair designs to his name
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