Continuing our mid-century modern series, we spotlight the CH24 Wishbone Chair, which was created by Danish designer Hans J Wegner for furniture manufacturer Carl Hansen & Son in 1949.
The iconic chair, with its characteristic Y-shaped back support, has been in production at Carl Hansen & Son since its launch in 1950.
Though Wegner designed over 500 chairs, the CH24 Wishbone Chair is the most well-known.
Hans J Wegner designed the CH24 Wishbone Chair in 1949
The CH24 Wishbone Chair has a combined back and armrest with a curving steam-bent wooden top that is connected to the seat by a central Y-shaped support.
Its production involves over 100 different steps, including creating a hand-woven seat made from around 120 meters of paper cord. Carl Hansen & Son CEO Knud Erik Hansen explained that the chair came into production as Denmark was gaining international recognition as a design powerhouse.
The chair has been in continuous production by Carl Hansen & Son since 1950
"The Wishbone Chair was put into production in 1950 at a time when Danish design was very progressive and was laying the foundation for Denmark as a design nation," he told Dezeen.
"Some of the designers at that time, for example Kaare Klint and Børge Mogensen, had a very functionalistic and almost mathematical approach to design in order to design furniture that was created for the human body and fitted into people's lives."
"Some of the other designers, such as Ole Wan...