The Peacock Chair

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Peacock chair
DesignerHans Wegner
Date1947
Made inDenmark
MaterialsOak, ash, paper cord
Sold byJohannes Hansen, PP Møbler
This article is about a chair made by Hans Wegner in Denmark. For other chairs with the peacock name, see Peacock Chair.

The Peacock Chair (Danish: Påfuglestolen) is a chair designed by Hans J. Wegner in 1947. It was originally produced by Johannes Hansen but its currently produced by PP Møbler under the model number PP550.[1]

As it was characteristic of Wegner's furniture, the Peacock Chair borrows from the design of the traditional English Windsor chair.[2] To add an element of design and to make the chair more ergonomic for the user's shoulders, Wegner chose to flatten the fan of spindles.[3] When fellow designer Finn Juhl first saw the chair's characteristic flat spindle backrest, he was reminded of a peacock’s tail and christened it the Peacock Chair.[4]

Wegner also experimented with an upholstered version of the chair and displayed it at the 1953 Cabinetmakers’ Guild Exhibition.[5] It was never put into mass production in Wegner's lifetime and only a handful were produced by Johannes Hansen. PP Møbler re-released the chair in 2014 to mark the anniversary of Wegner's 100th birthday.[6] In 2018, Philips auctioned an early version of the upholstered chair with selling price of $68,750.[5]

Gallery[edit]

  • An early Peacock chair from 1947 at the Designmuseum Danmark.
    An early Peacock chair from 1947 at the Designmuseum Danmark.
  • The Peacock Chair in the UN Building's Delegates' Lounge in New York
    The Peacock Chair in the UN Building's Delegates' Lounge in New York
  • The Peacock Chair in the UN Building's Delegates' Lounge in New York
    The Peacock Chair in the UN Building's Delegates' Lounge in New York
  • The chair on display in the Danish Design Museum
    The chair on display in the Danish Design Museum

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Påfuglestolen / Peacock Chair by Hans Wegner 1947". danish architecture and design review. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Peacock Armchair, 1950s". Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  3. ^ Mussari, Mark (16 June 2016). Danish Modern: Between Art and Design. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 54–55. ISBN 978-1-4742-2369-0.
  4. ^ Goodhart, Maud (December 2015). "Design classic: the Peacock chair by Hans Wegner". www.ft.com. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Hans J. Wegner - "Peacock" easy chair, model no. JH521, circa 1953". Phillips. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  6. ^ "PP Møbler launches Hans Wegner chairs for his 100-year anniversary". Dezeen. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2020.

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