Arne Jacobsen
Early ‘Egg’ chair, model no. 3317, designed 1958, with ottoman
this example manufactured in February 1968 (dated to label on base)

This is an original old chair with aluminium fluted column and four-leg base, and has been recently reupholstered with hand-stitched leather by Moore & Giles (MG Mont Blanc Chianti)

Manufactured by Fritz Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Underside with manufacturer’s printed label

Chair 106cm high, 89cm wide, 80cm deep, seat height 42cm

Overall weight approximately 20kg.

Literature:
Erik Lassen, ed., The Arts of Denmark: Viking to Modern, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1960, p. 125
Poul Erik Tøjner and Kjeld Vindum, Arne Jacobsen, Arkitekt & Designer, Copenhagen, 1999, front cover, pp. 68-69
Carsten Thau and Kjeld Vindum, Arne Jacobsen, Copenhagen, 2001, pp. 154, 158-59, 433-35, 438-39
Charlotte and Peter Fiell, Scandinavian Design, Cologne, 2002, p. 301
Arne Karlsen, Danish Furniture Design: in the 20th Century, Volume 2, Copenhagen, 2007, pp. 136-37