Dining Chairs Model CH-47 in Mahogany by Hans J. Wegner for Carl Hansen & Søn, 1970s, Set of 4

Set of four Hans J. Wegner dining chairs in mahogany New upholstered with vintage tan aniline leather. Made by Carl Hansen, model CH47 Hans J. Wegner was born in 1914 in Tønder in Southern Denmark, the son of a Shoemaker. At the age of 17, he completed his apprenticeship as a cabinetmaker in the workshop of H. F. Stahlberg where his first designs developed. At the age of twenty he moved to Copenhagen, Denmark to attend the School of Arts & Crafts, where he studied from 1936-1938 before embarking on a career as an architect. In 1940, Wegner joined Arne Jacobsen and Erik Møller and began designing furniture for the new City Hall in Aarhus, Denmark’s second-largest city. This was also the year when Wegner began working with master cabinetmaker Johannes Hansen, who played a major role in introducing modern design to the Danish public. Almost all of the world’s major design museums, from The Museum of Modern Art in New York to Die Neue Sammlung in Munich, feature his furniture in their collections. Hans J. Wegner died in Denmark in January 2007 – at the age of 92. Carl Hansen & Søn’s association with Hans J. Wegner began in 1949 and resulted in the production of a wide range of Wegner designs spanning dining chairs, easy chairs, footrests, sofas and coffee tables, dining tables as well as high-end office furniture and children’s furniture. Wegner’s iconic designs from Carl Hansen & Son include the Shell chair, wing chair and wishbone chair.