Image source: Carl Hansen & Søn — FH429 Signature Chair
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FH429 Signature Chair
Frits Henningsen's FH429 Signature Chair, his last design, completed in 1954
670 × 1020 × 890 mm
1954
Approx. $6,600 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The FH429 Signature Chair is a lounge chair designed by Frits Henningsen, completed in 1954 and reintroduced by Carl Hansen & Søn in 2015. The page calls it a fitting last statement from one of Denmark's greatest furniture designers.
Construction
- Frame: walnut, oil (the page also lists oak, oil versions)
- Upholstery: Leather Sif 95 in the default version
- Detail: floating armrests
- Companion: the matching FH430 footstool
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Specifications
- 67 x 89 cm, largest vertical value 102 cm (not labelled on the drawing)
Story
A model of clay and toothpicks
The page says Henningsen began the design with a small model made of modeling clay and toothpicks, as he often did. The frame was then built in his Copenhagen workshop and went through months of testing and adjustments before he was content.
Last design, rare first run
After the chair was completed in 1954, fewer than 20 pieces were produced. Carl Hansen & Søn reintroduced it in 2015.
More by Frits Henningsen
FH430 Signature Footstool
The FH430 Signature Footstool, presented in 2017 to match Henningsen's chair
FH38 Windsor Chair
Frits Henningsen's FH38 Windsor Chair, a high-backed oak spindle chair reissued from 1938
FH420 Heritage Footstool
Frits Henningsen's FH420 Heritage Footstool: solid wooden legs, upholstered top
FH419 Heritage Chair
Frits Henningsen's fully upholstered FH419 Heritage Chair from 1930