In the Autumn of 2017 and into the Spring of 2018, a series of posts were published on danish design review about Danish chairs. Each post was about a specific chair but the posts were in a relatively random sequence so following a type of chair or a designer and not in date order.

Here, all those posts are now in chronological order and when more posts are added, about other chairs from the 20th century, they will be included here.

INDEX to fast-scroll through the list of chairs included.

April 19, 2018

Skalstol / Shell Chair FH1936 by Hans Wegner 1948

April 19, 2018/ John Heward

frame beech - seat and back laminated teak veneer

height: 70cm
width: 73cm
depth: 60 cm
height of seat: 38 cm

This is a combination of chair types with a relatively conventional frame of legs and stretchers that forms a cradle for a thick curved plywood seat and a well-proportioned and curved back rest that is also in thick plywood.

The side stretchers are shaped and curve down at the ends and the legs stop short of the underside of the seat. This is described by some critics as a cantilevered seat. The use of thicker plywood for the seat means that the normal seat frame can be omitted completely so this is plywood used in a more sophisticated way for more expensive furniture.

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Skalstol / Shell Chair FH1936 by Hans Wegner 1948