Image source: HAY — J104 Armchair (J-series)
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J104 Armchair (J-series)
Jørgen Bækmark's J104, a cross between a dining chair and an easy chair, reproduced by HAY
570 × 730 × 470 mm
Official product information
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Description
Overview
HAY says Jørgen Bækmark's J104 Chair was designed as a cross between a dining chair and an easy chair, and calls its version a reproduction of this classic. Solid oak or beech is used, with oiled, natural or coloured surfaces.
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Construction
In oak or beech, each variant page names a veneer shell plus a frame of solid wood, and no glider is listed.
Specifications
- Size (item AA571-C451, sage lacquered beech): H 73 x W 57 x L 47 cm
- Variants: 10, three in oak and seven in beech
- Glider: none
Story
Bækmark at FDB
According to the page, Joergen Baekmark (1929 – 2021) worked at the FDB furniture design studio from 1958 until 1967 and later headed its furniture department; HAY now produces his J104.
Between dining and easy
HAY words the J104 as a cross between a dining chair and an easy chair. The variant pages give a width of 57 cm and a length of 47 cm, wider than long, at a height of 73 cm.
Collection
J-series
HAY's J-Series reproduces Danish wooden chairs first produced by FDB in the 1960s, with designs by Børge Mogensen, Folke Pålsson, Jørgen Bækmark and others.
