Designed in 1958, this iconic pressure-moulded chair is in direct descent from the Danish design label, Fritz Hansen’s experiments in steam-bending wood, which began in 1915. The famous 1963...
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Designed in 1958, this iconic pressure-moulded chair is in direct descent from the Danish design label, Fritz Hansen’s experiments in steam-bending wood, which began in 1915. The famous 1963 photograph by Lewis Morley of Profumo scandal showgirl Christine Keeler sitting naked on a Jacobsen chair has often been assumed a source of the design’s celebrity but the prop was a fake. The real thing is manufactured by Fritz Hansen with a unique ID number engraved on the underside, and is available in a variety of different wood finishes.
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