Cutter Bench
Cutter Bench by Niels Hvass (1999): a Bauhaus-inspired slatted bench, 121 cm long and 43.5 cm high
1210 × 435 × 400 mm
Source: product page text — Cutter Bench, untreated solid teak, 121 x 40 x 43.5 cm — published as W 121 × D 40 × H 43.5 cm
1999
USD 1,399, Cutter Bench 120 cm, untreated solid teak (default variant), excl. VAT and taxes, fritzhansen.com US market, 2026-10-15
Description
Overview
The Cutter Bench is a slatted bench designed by Niels Hvass in 1999. The teak version shown on the page is 121 cm long, 40 cm wide and 43.5 cm high.
Construction
- Slatted seat on a coherent frame, as the page describes it
- Material options: untreated solid wood, coloured solid wood
- Outdoors, the page admits only the teak bench
Specifications
- L 121 × W 40 × H 43.5 cm
- Weight 12.5 kg
- Design year 1999; the product data also gives 1999 as launch year
Story
Bauhaus-inspired series
Fritz Hansen says the Cutter series, designed with the Danish designer Niels Hvass, is inspired by the German Bauhaus movement, and calls it minimalistic, functional and a popular choice for hallways.
The bench
The page says the Cutter bench brought the idea of a slatted seat on a coherent frame to life. The product data gives 1999 as its design year and as its launch year.
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