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Lot 39
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HANS J. WEGNER | 'Flag Halyard' Armchair, model no. GE225

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Hans Wegner
  • 'Flag Halyard' Armchair, model no. GE225
  • with foil label impressed PRODUCTION NO., numbered 001 / DESIGNED BY artist's facsimile signature Hans J. Wegner / MADE IN DENMARK BY GETAMA A/Snumber 1 from the edition of 200
  • chromium-plated tubular metal, painted tubular metal, flag halyard, sheepskin, oak, fabric
  • 79.2 x 104 x 112.5 cm (31  1/4  x 41  x 44  1/4  in.)
  • designed 1950, executed circa 1990

Provenance

Private collection, Denmark
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Noritsugu Oda, Danish Chairs, San Francisco, 1996, p. 112
Arne Karlsen, Danish Furniture Design in the 20th Century, Volume 2, Copenhagen, 2007, pp. 175-177
Christian Holmsted Olesen, Wegner: Just One Good Chair, exh. cat. Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen, 2014, pp. 6, 78, 171-172

Condition

Overall in very good condition. The painted frame with minor scattered scuffs and surface scratches. The flag halyard with minor fraying at the ends under the seat as visible in the catalogue illustration. The sheepskin is in very good condition exhibiting minor wear The chair comes supplied with an extra fabric upholstered seat cushion not visible in the catalogue illustration.
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Catalogue Note

The present lot is a limited re-edition of the first version of model GE225 which was originally produced with oak feet and white paint. The feet were changed to rubber versions on later examples. The present lot was put into production by Getama's former managing director Mogens Christensen in the 1990s. Sotheby's would like to thank Inger Temp and Jens Ole from Getama Danmark A/S for their assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.