Among the many masterpieces of furniture of the great danish architect and designer arne jacobsen is unquestionably the ant chair.
Arne jacobsen ant chair.
Nuy fritz hansen ant chairs coloured lacquered ash design arne jacobsen 1952 initially arne jacobsen designed the ant for the canteen at novo nordisk an international danish healthcare company.
The ant was named for its approximate similarity to the outline of an ant with its head raised.
Its elegant shape disguises its remarkable strength and comfort.
The ant chair s visual expression is delicate and artful much like the curves of a musical instrument.
Series 7 comes in different veneers and finishes.
The three legged ant chair 1951 sold in the millions and is considered a classic today.
Myren chair is a classic of modern chair design.
This wooden chair was designed in 1952 by arne jacobsen to be used in the cafeteria of a danish company.
Arne jacobsen design visionary and creator of the egg the swan the series 7 the ant and the drop among others.
The inspiration for the ant came from hvidt mølggard s ax series.
All chairs are made of pressure moulded sliced veneer.
The chair was initially designed in 1951 for a danish pharmaceutical company novo nordisc who wanted a compact and light chair for their new canteen.
7 chair is known for being the prop used to hide christine keeler s nakedness in the iconic photograph of her taken by lewis morley in 1963.
Originally this quality designer chair in wood was named the ant chair due to its resemblance to the shape of an ant with its head raised.
The unusual design guaranteed the chair s stability on uneven floors and cemented its distinct identity.
It was so different so avant garde.
Morley just happened to use a chair that he had in the studio which turned out to have been a copy of jacobsen s design.
The series 7 designed by arne jacobsen is by far the most sold chair in the history of fritz hansen and perhaps also in furniture history.
Arne jacobsen designed ant in 1952 as a threelegged chair in the shape of a little ant with its head raised.
Arne jacobsen denmark 1902 1971 arne jacobsen bought a plywood chair designed by charles eames and installed it in his own studio where it inspired one of the most commercially successful chair models in design history.
The ant wooden chair by designer arne jacobsen is a classic of modern design.
It was designed in 1952 by arne jacobsen for use in the canteen of the danish pharmaceutical firm novo nordisk.