Fritz Hansen - Swan Chair, fabric Christianshavn

Fritz Hansen Swan chair.

Arne Jacobsen originally designed the Swan chair for a hotel lobby in Copenhagen, the SAS Royal Hotel, which was also designed by him.

Arne Jacobsen is widely regarded as the world's first designer who designed not only the building but also the furniture, cutlery, lighting fixtures, textiles, door handles, signage, glassware and many other details.

With this collection, Arne Jacobsen created a style that has become characteristic of the 1950s. He made seating furniture inspired by silhouettes from nature. An egg, a drop, a swan or ant, these were transformed into modern design.

The Swan was designed for the hotel lobby of the SAS together with the Egg chair and other furniture by Arne Jacobsen, both chairs immediately caught the eye when they opened in 1958, and were put into production not long after.

The Swan Chair is a real lounge chair in which you can relax. Due to the organic shape of the seat, your back is completely enclosed, and the armrests and backrest form a kind of cocoon in which you sit safely and comfortably.

The chairs are therefore very suitable for your living room, such as the reading corner or a bay window, but people can also wait pleasantly and comfortably in a waiting room.

The seat and backrest are made of plastic, namely polyurethane. The chair has a central aluminum stand. With this design style, Arne Jacobsen has shaped the concept of modern design. The Swan and Egg therefore never look dated and are therefore design classics.

Dimensions: Depth / Length 68 cm Width 74 cm Height 77 cm
Options Upholstered
Armrest height: 58 cm.
Seat height: 40 cm.

About the designer:

Trained as an architect in Copenhagen, Arne Jacobsen started the profession way back in the year 1920. His most famous buildings are Arhus Town Hall in Denmark, SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen and St Catherine's College in Oxford, England.