Terms and conditions of use
Swan chair
designed (1958); manufactured (c. 1968)
Medium
wool, aluminium, rubber, (other materials)
Measurements
77.0 × 75.5 × 67.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Design 250, 1969
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Arne Jacobsen designed the Swan chair as part of the furnishings for his SAS (Scandinavian Airline Systems) Royal Hotel, located about the air terminal in Copenhagen that he also designed. Like Aarnio, Saarinen and the Eameses, Jacobsen was experimenting with modern furniture design during the 1950s that engaged with new materials and technologies and was keen to design seating that embraced the sitter in more rounded, sculptural forms. The elegant, upholstered Swan chair introduced a warm yet modern sensibility and was placed throughout the hotel; it remains in production today.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Denmark
Inscription
printed in ink on paper label on chair stem u.c.: FH (FH in a circle) (all in a square) / MADE IN DENMARK / 0469 / BY FRITZHANSEN / FURNITUREMAKERS' / DANISH / CONTROL
cast (diagonally) in base of stem c.: 520020 FH (FH in a circle) (all in a square) MADE IN / DENMARK
Accession Number
D121-1969
Department
International Decorative Arts
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