PK20 Lounge Chair

Overview

Poul Kjærholm designed the PK20™ in 1968. Fritz Hansen describes it as a laidback and elegant easy chair, handcrafted in both wicker and leather. The leather version features soft leather upholstery and a reclining headrest, resting on a flexible matt chromed spring steel frame. The page adds that the PK20 has become a Kjærholm classic and a permanent fixture at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Construction

• Frame: matt chromed spring steel
• Leather version: high back and headrest in matching leather; material shares on the fact sheet are steel 80 %, leather 12 %, flax 8 %, felt under 1 %
• Wicker version: untreated wicker, low back and no headrest; steel 83 %, wicker 17 %

Specifications

• Leather version: H 89 × W 80 × D 71 cm, seat height 37 cm, weight 30 kg
• Wicker version: H 84 × W 80 × D 71 cm, seat height 37 cm, weight 26 kg

An easy chair and a museum piece

Fritz Hansen calls the PK20 laidback and elegant, and notes that over the years it has become a Poul Kjærholm classic and a permanent fixture at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The fact sheet gives 1968 as the year of design.

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Leather and wicker

The fact sheet separates two versions: a leather chair with a high back and a headrest in matching leather, and a wicker chair in untreated wicker with a low back and no headrest. Both rest on a matt chromed spring steel base.