Huntsman Chair BM1106 🇩🇰 Carl Hansen

BM1106 Huntsman Chair Carl Hansen & Søn Børge Mogensen, 1950

After the relaunch of the elegant Hunting table in 2018, Carl Hansen & Søn is adding the Huntsman Chair to their catalog in a new edition.

The Huntsman Chair was designed in 1950 by Børge Mogensen for the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers' Guild Exhibition, which theme was the hunting cabin. Its angled legs and rounded armrests, combined with its high-quality leather back and seat, give it solidity and exceptional comfort.

It is available in oak and walnut, with different finishes. Contrasting wooden wedges complement the mortise and tenon joints of the chair. The backrest and seat are available in natural, cognac or black saddle leather, with buckles and brackets in brass or stainless steel.

Børge Mogensen is known as one of the great and influential furniture designers from the period known today as the Golden Age of Danish Design. As a student of Kaare Klint, Mogensen picked up the baton for the expression of functionalist style.

Dimensions 67 x 62 x H84 cm – seat height 42,5 cm

Frame solid oiled or white oiled oak, or solid oiled walnut. Wedges in contrasting wood.
Backrest & seat saddle leather, natural, cognac or black
Buckles & brackets stainless steel or brass

Huntsman Chair BM1106
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oiled oak / natural saddle leather / stainless steel brushes & brackets

white oiled oak / black saddle leather / stainless steel buckles & brackets

oiled walnut / cognac saddle leather / brass buckles & brackets

▸ wood & finishes

Børge Mogensen

Børge Mogensen’s (1914-1972) creative process produced long-lasting pieces with humans at the center. He became a highly influential post-war designer and a leading representative of Danish Modern.

Mogensen’s democratic design included simple and functional wooden furniture for both private and public spaces, with calm aesthetics and strong construction from quality materials. He believed in visual clarity and minimal decoration or experimentation, as seen in his classic Hunting Table and Deck Chair Set.

As a student at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Mogensen was inspired by Kaare Klint’s use of human proportions with visual calm and functionalism. Mogensen, however, also placed emphasis on informal interior décor and the use of modern production facilities.

Mogensen completed his cabinetmaker training in 1934, followed by studies in furniture design. During this period he worked in the studios of Klint and Mogens Koch until he was hired as chief designer for the Danish furniture cooperative FDB in 1942, where he pioneered democratic design.

He began his own design studio in 1950, making modern, useful furniture produced from local, Nordic materials. His inspiration, however came from many cultures and styles, including international modernism, ethnic arts, Japanese carvings, and historic works.

Mogensen also taught furniture design and participated in exhibitions and competitions, such as the 1948, international Competition for Low-Cost Furniture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which he entered together with his friend Hans J. Wegner.

He was awarded the Eckersberg Medal in 1950 and won the Danish Furniture Prize in 1971. In 1972 he was awarded the C.F. Hansen Medal and appointed Honorary Royal Designer for Industry at the Royal Society of Arts in London.

BM1106 Huntsman Chair – Carl Hansen