Wishbone Chair
Hans J. Wegner’s chair with a Y-shaped back and a seat of woven paper cord.
Hans J. Wegner designed the chair in 1949, inspired by portraits of Danish merchants seated in Chinese chairs of the Ming dynasty. It has been made since 1950.
The Wishbone Chair is one of the best-selling objects of Scandinavian design. It is protected by copyright, so only a drawing is shown.
Materials: Solid beech, oak or ash; paper-cord seat
Manufacture: Made by Carl Hansen & Søn in Odense since 1950; the seat is woven by hand from more than a hundred metres of cord.
The top rail is bent in one piece and also forms the arms.
The Y-shaped back splat.
The seat of woven paper cord.