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CH25 LOUNGE CHAIR
FRAME Oak, soap SEAT + BACK Natural paper cord
CH417 TRAY TABLE
TABLETOP Smoked oak RIM Oak, oil BASE Stainless steel
The CH25, one of the first four chairs Hans J. Wegner designed especially for
Carl Hansen & Søn in his first three weeks with the company in 1950, was somewhat
of a revolution.
CH25
Wegner’s uncompromising choice of materials and many hours of skill
and care have gone into creating this revered design icon.
Like the Wishbone Chair, the CH25 lounge chair is
ambitious and bold in its sculptural shape. But it also caused
a stir with its materials. Wegner’s choice of woven paper
cord – a wartime substitution material – for the seat and
back was unheard of at the time. But Wegner liked the look
and durability of the material, and so have generations of
his fans.
The lounge chair has remained tremendously popular and in
continuous production ever since: a testament to Wegner’s
visionary approach.
It takes a skilled craftsman 10 hours to complete the seat
and back by hand, using about 400 meters of paper cord and
a double weaving technique that creates the unique pattern.
