Replica Hans Wegner PP503 Round Arm Chair - Solid stained ash timber. A Danish masterpiece of modern enginuity and wood workmanship.

This is a high quality reproduction in the style of Wegner's original. Inspired by classical portraits of Danish merchants sitting in Ming chairs, Wegner created a series of chairs including the elbow, arm and wishbone chair series that helped establish Denmark as an international leader of modern design.This contemporary furniture piece is suitable for any kitchen or dining room. It could alternatively be used as a dressing table chair in the bedroom.

We consider this reproduction to be as good or better than anything else in the market to date. Relax House has chosen this hand crafted Hans Wegner replica from a number of manufacturers to bring you a design of exceptional quality and aesthetics that is not seen elsewhere on the Australian market.

Relax House is proud to present this reproduction of the Danish Hans Wegner inspired PP503 wooden Arm Chair. To guarantee quality of this iconic design and to be true to the original much care and attention has been paid to the quality and finish of this item. This includes the world famous 'finger' joinery work used in the original designs.

The American magazine - Interiors put the "Round" chair on the cover in 1950 and called it 'the world's most beautiful chair,' catapulting Wegner to international fame and fortune. It became known as "the Chair". High profile appearances followed like the televised 1961 presidential debates between Nixon and Kennedy. Wegner said of the design, "many foreigners have asked me how we made the Danish style. And I've answered that it...was rather a continuous process of purification, and for me of simplification, to cut down to the simplest possible elements of four legs, a seat and combined top rail and arm rest."

Hans Wegner (1914 - 2007) became renowned for blending a variety of natural materials in his classic designs and received many international accolades for his work. He is representative of the combination of excellent craftsmanship and commitment to modern living that made mid-century Danish design internationally popular. Hans J. Wegner is the most innovative and prolific of all Danish furniture designers - today we can count more than 1000 models designed by him. Being of a minimalist school while preserving function, he's made many beautifully and cleverly designed chairs using the finest craftsmanship.

Hans J Wegner trained as a cabinet maker before attending the Copenhagen School of Arts and Crafts, where he later lectured from 1946 to 1953. From 1938 to 1942, he worked as a furniture designer in Arne Jacobsen and Erik Moller´s architectural practice. In 1943, he set up his own office in Gentofte and collaborated with Borge Mogensen in the design of an apartment shown at the 1946 Cabinetmakers´ Exhibition in Copenhagen. Throughout his long career, he has designed furniture extensively for Johannes Hansen and Fritz Hansen. The Royal Society of Arts, London made him an Honorary Royal Designers for Industry in 1959.