Image source: Fritz Hansen — PK25 Lounge Chair
© Fritz Hansen and the respective rights holders. Quoted to accompany INTEBEE's independent design commentary and research.
PK25 Lounge Chair
Poul Kjærholm's 'Element' chair: one continual chromed steel frame wound with flag halyard
690 × 750 × 730 mm
1951
Denmark
Approx. $15,000 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The PK25™ Lounge Chair, also known as the 'Element' chair, was designed by Poul Kjærholm — the product page headline and the fact sheet give 1951, while the About text says it was his final graduation project at the School of Arts and Crafts in 1952. Fritz Hansen presents it as an example of Kjærholm turning ordinary industrial materials into works of art. His aim was one piece per material, which gives the chair its hallmark: a steel frame that bends through the form in a single line.
Construction
- Frame: a single piece of matt chromed spring steel
- Seat and back: 66 m of flag halyard wound around the seat and back of the curved steel frame; the halyard is made from line with a nylon core
- Material shares on the fact sheet: steel 85 %, flag halyard 15 %
Specifications
- H 75 × W 69 × D 73 cm, seat height 40 cm
- Weight 14 kg
- Flag halyard in two colours: natural and black
Story
One piece of each material
According to the product page and the fact sheet, Poul Kjærholm designed the PK25 for his final graduation project at the School of Arts and Crafts. His aim was one piece per material, and the result is a single steel frame that bends through the form without a break. The fact sheet describes a single piece of matt chromed spring steel with a long length of flag halyard wound around the seat and back.
Image source: Fritz Hansen — PK25 Lounge Chair · © Fritz Hansen and the respective rights holders. Quoted to accompany INTEBEE's independent design commentary and research. · View official product page ↗ · Image use & copyright policy
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PK3 Chair
Poul Kjærholm's 1954 split-shell chair in veneer on a tubular steel base, stackable
PK24 Lounge Chair
Poul Kjærholm's 1965 "Hammock Chair" chaise longue: leather on a brushed spring-steel frame
PK55 Office Table
The smaller of Poul Kjærholm's two 1957 worktables, ash veneer on a satin brushed steel frame
PK23 Lounge Chair
Poul Kjærholm's 1954 low lounge chair on a four-legged steel base, divided veneer shells
Collection
PK Collection
The Kjærholm Collection by Fritz Hansen: Poul Kjærholm's steel furniture with leather, wicker and stone — PK22™, PK61™, PK31™, PK25™ and PK24™. On INTEBEE.
