4 Original Chairs CH24 Wishbone Chair Hans Wegner for Carl Hansen 1950

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A pre-owned set of four original Wishbone chairs, made for Carl Hansen, from the 1950s. A mid-century chair is the fastest way to change a room, and the originals were built from solid timber and honest joinery rather than flat-pack.

This listing is a set of four, not a single chair. Matching pieces from the same workshop sit together the way a lone example never can.

The Carl Hansen mark is the line that separates a licensed piece from a later homage. Turn it over before you fall for the silhouette.

The master of the chair.

Hans J. Wegner designed more than 500 chairs over a lifetime, most for the Danish workshop he called home. His Wishbone chair of 1949 has been in continuous production since 1950.

Wegner is the most collected name in Danish mid-century design. The Wishbone, the Round Chair and the Papa Bear are trophies, and original 1950s and 1960s examples are scarce.