Hans Wegner (pronounced VEG-ner in English and VAY-ner in Danish) was one of a small group of Danish furniture designers whose elegant but comfortable creations made Danish Modern all the rage among cosmopolitan Americans of the ’50s and ’60s. His Danish Modern furniture — most famously his chairs — helped change the course of design history in the 1950s and ’60s by sanding modernism’s sharp edges and giving aesthetes a comfortable seat.
Our version of the Hans Wegner shell chair is close match to the signature version. We have created our own mold for forming the veneer plywood, so that is conforms to the authentic version. We offer two standard wood choices for our chair, a 7-ply Oak Veneer with a light natural stain or a 7-ply Walnut Veneer finished in a medium stain. Upholstery choices include a range of our leathers and what we call Pony Hide, which is cowhide with hairs and dyed either with black/white or brown/white.
