Series 7 chair – Fritz Hansen

Arne Jacobsen, 1955

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Series 7 chair Fritz Hansen – Arne Jacobsen, 1955

The Series 7 Chair by Arne Jacobsen is, by far, the best-selling chair in the history of Fritz Hansen and, perhaps, in the history of furniture altogether.

Made from die-cast plywood, it can be considered the culmination of the research undertaken by Arne Jacobsen to make best use of the possibilities offered by the lamination technique, which Søren C. Hansen, grandson of the founder Fritz Hansen, had developed in the twenties and thirties.

Arne Jacobsen first designed the Ant chair, which he evolved to design the Series 7, more stable and comfortable. Light and stackable, available in numerous versions (padded, with armrests, casters, etc.), the Series 7 chair fits into all environments, from dining rooms to offices, including kitchens and bathrooms. meetings, making it the chair with the greatest range of use in the Fritz Hansen collection.

base colors

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Series 7 wood shell chair

The shell of the Series 7 chair is made up of 9 layers of molded wood veneer which ensure strength, durability and ideal flexibility despite the finesse of the design. But if the interior layers are always made of beech, the same is not true of the exterior layer which can be veneered with oak, maple, beech, ash, elm, walnut, etc.

Oak

Elm

Dark oak,
dark edge

Dark oak,
light edge

Oregon pine

Beech

Maple

Ash

Walnut

Cherry

wood shell without armrest (3107)

wood shell with armrests (3207)

>> leather seat pads for Series 7

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Series 7 chair wood + upholstery

wood shell without armrest (3107)
+ front upholstery

wood shell with armrests (3207)
+ front upholstery

Oak + Black Essentiel leather (price group 3)

Walnut + Black Essentiel leather (price group 3)

Walnut + Stone Essentiel leather (price group 3)

SPECIAL EDITIONS 150th ANNIVERSARY :

Series 7 n°3107
walnut + Vanir 150th anniv.

Series 7 n°3207
walnut + Vanir 150th anniv.

Series 7 n°3107
walnut + Grace 150th anniv. leather

Series 7 n°3207
walnut + Grace 150th anniv. leather

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Series 7 Color Chair

The Series 7 chair is a timeless icon of Danish design and its variation in fresh colors gives it a new lease of life without altering its classicism.

pale rose

wild rose

paradise orange

true yellow

venetian red

burnt yellow

lavender blue

dusk blue

olive green

midnight blue

evergreen

light beige

deep clay

white

nine grey

black

2 possible finishes:
visible wood grain (colored ash) or smooth (lacquered ash)

The colored ash version leaves the wood grain visible, which makes the chair both less shiny and less sensitive to small impacts.

The lacquered ash version is perfectly smooth, which makes the chair both shinier and more sensitive to small impacts.

wood grain visible
without armrest (3107)

wood grain visible
with armrests (3207)

smooth surface
without armrest (3107)

smooth surface
with armrests (3207)

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Series 7 color + upholstery

without armrest (3107)
wood grain visible
+ front upholstered

with armrests (3207)
wood grain visible
+ front upholstered

without armrest (3107)
smooth surface
+ front upholstered

with armrests (3207)
smooth surface
+ front upholstered

evergreen
+ Sunniva 132 (price group 2)

midnight blue
+ Steelcut Trio 716 (price group 2)

black + Black Essential leather (price group 3)

black + Hallingdal 190 (price group 2)

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Fully upholstered Series 7 chair

without armrest (3107)
fully upholstered shell

without armrests (3207)
fully upholstered shell

Black Essentiel leather (price group 3)

Walnut Grace leather (price group 5)

Steelcut Trio 133
(price group 2)

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Series 7 wood swivel chair

The Series 7 Swivel Chair combines comfort and functionality. Ideal for the home office, it is available with armrests (n°3217) or without armrest (n°3117).

Depth 52 cm - Width 50 cm without armrest, 61 cm with armrests.
Adjustable seat height 44-56 cm - Total height 78-90 cm

wood sell
without armrest (3117)

wood sell
with armrests (3117)

oak
/ chrome

oak
/ black

elm
/ black

dark oak light edge
/ black

walnut / black

dark oak dark edge
/ warm graphite

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Series 7 swivel upholstered

The Series 7 Swivel Chair combines comfort and functionality. Ideal for the home office, it is available with armrests (n°3217) or without armrest (n°3117).

Depth 52 cm - Width 50 cm without armrest, 61 cm with armrests.
Adjustable seat height 44-56 cm - Total height 78-90 cm

wood shell
without armrest (3117)
+ front upholstered

wood shell
with armrests (3217)
+ front upholstered

color shell
without armrest (3117)
+ front upholstered

color shell
with armrests (3217)
+ front upholstered

fully upholstered shell
without armrest (3117)

fully upholstered shell
with armrests (3217)

Black Essential leather

Divina Melange 120

Natural leather

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See the 150th anniversary version

Arne Jacobsen

Arne Jacobsen is 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.