Hans Wegner

See also: Wegner

Hans Wegner (born the April 2nd 1914 and dead the January 26th 2007), is a designer Danish.

One of its creations, “ The Flesh ”, became movable history with the the United States, after the president John Kennedy, who suffered from the back and appreciated his comfort, chose it, in 1960, for its televised debate which opposed it to Richard Nixon. This choice started an renewed interest of the Americans for the furniture of the Scandinavian countries.

Its dimension

  • an armchair stamp of 1953 was sold 11.000 € in January 2005.

See too

  • List of famous cabinetmakers

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