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ARNE JACOBSEN
(1902-1971)
FRANCO ALBINI
(1905-1977)
VIGGO BOESEN
(1907-1985)
NANNA & JØRGEN DITZEL
R. WENGLER
(1923-2005) (1921-1961)
Royal Danish wicker maker to
the Crown Estbl. 1854
Viggo Boesen embarked on rattan furni-
ture design combining modernist style with
the hard wear qualities of the rattan material.
Viggo Boesen´s FOX chair won a Danish design
competition in 1936.
Franco Albini was an Italian Neo-Rationalist
architect and designer. In 1929 he began his
professional career working for Gio Ponti.
R. Wengler was a pioneer in rattan production.
What he did to the craftsmanship and the way he
challenged the material, lays the groundwork for
the way we know rattan furniture today.
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