Versatile and comfortable, the Little Giraffe swivel chair can be used on a daily basis in offices and meeting rooms, where its pure style fits in with ease.
The Giraffe chair was designed in 1959 for the restaurant of the SAS Royal Hotel - the same hotel for which Jacobsen designed the Egg, the Swan and several other famous models. The original Giraffe had a high back - the origin of its nickname - and a wooden base. Arne Jacobsen then created a special version in leather on a pivoting star base, which he presented to the hotel manager, and a version with a low back and metal base, the Petite Giraffe.Â
Removable upholstery The Little Giraffe is available with a fixed or removable cover. In both cases, the chair is upholstered without glue, using a double seam that highlights beautifully its silhouette. Note that leather chairs are not available in a removable version.
Base satin polished aluminium or black
Warranty 5 years
Fixed cover (3211)
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Removable cover (3211R)
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Christianshavn 1121Â Â
(price group 0) / black
Christianshavn 1132Â Â
(price group 0) / aluminium
Christianshavn 1110Â Â
(price group 0) / black
Grace walnut leather 20195
(price group 5) / aluminium
Christianshavn 1135Â Â
(price group 0) / black
Christianshavn 1174Â Â
(price group 0) / black
Christianshavn 1150
(price group 0) / black
Christianshavn 1154
(price group 0) / aluminum
Arne Jacobsen was born on February 11, 1902 in Copenhagen. His father, Johan Jacobsen, is a wholesale trader in safety pins and snap fasteners. His mother, Pouline Jacobsen, a bank clerk, paints floral motifs in her spare time. The family lived in a typical Victorian style home. As a contrast to his parents’ overly decorated taste, Arne paints his room in white.
Background & school relations
He met the Lassen brothers at Nærum Boarding School: later, Flemming Lassen was to become his partner in a series of architectural projects. Arne Jacobsen is a restless pupil, always up to pranks, with a self-deprecating humour. Already as a child, he showed an extraordinary talent for drawing and depicting nature through scrupulous studies. He wants to be painter, but his father felt that architect was a more sensible choice.
The Pleasant and the necessary trips abroad
Jacobsen’s travelling begin already in his twenties, when he went to sea to New York. Then followed an apprenticeship as a bricklayer in Germany and a series of study and drawing excursions to Italy. Jacobsen produced some of his finest watercolours during this period, capturing atmospheres and shapes accurately and carefully. From the beginning of his career, Jacobsen turned his gaze abroad, without abandoning Danish traditions.
Arne Jacobsen behind the design
Jacobsen production reflects his personality: an insistent, perfectionist modernist, to whom no detail was trivial, although the main picture was basically black/white and unambiguous. On the other hand, the nature-loving botanist and jovial family man: like him, his work is precise and warm, Danish and universal, modern and timeless.
