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R. WENGLER
ROYAL WICKER MAKER
R. Wengler, who was born in Germany, perfected
the fine craftsmanship of making wicker furniture
in materials like rush and willow, materials which
you could find and grow in Europe.
Louis Wengler, the son of Robert Wengler, found
the exotic material rattan at the Leipziger fair in
Germany. R. Wengler was appointed as wicker
maker to the Crown in 1914 as King Christian X
placed a large order for a rattan furnish ing.
Robert Wengler was now known as the best wicker
maker in Denmark and many, now famous, archi-
tects came to his workshop to receive know-how
and understanding about weaving and wicker
work.
Among those were Danish architects Arne Jacob-
sen, Viggo Boesen, Nanna & Jørgen Ditzel and Kay
Bojesen. They had many of their prototypes made
in R. Wenglers workshop in Copenhagen.
Today R. Wengler stands as one of the pioneers in
rattan production. What he did to the craftsman-
ship and the way he challenged the material, paves
the way for the way we know rattan furniture to-
day.
Sika-Design carry on this proud tradition as the
worlds leading manufacturer of premium rattan
furniture.
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