PK3 Chair

Overview

The PK3™ Chair is a rediscovered design by Poul Kjærholm from 1954, now produced for the first time according to the product page. The page describes a sculptural split-shell seat and slender steel frame that balance visual clarity with practical function, and calls the chair an important step in Kjærholm's early design journey. The fact sheet says it entered the Fritz Hansen collection more than seventy years after it was conceived.

Construction

• Shell: two mirrored veneer shells (fact sheet: two mirror-laminated, pressure-moulded veneer shells) with optional front upholstery in textile or leather
• Bracket: brushed pressure-moulded zamak backrest bracket (the page calls the connecting element aluminium)
• Base: four legs of 14 mm tubular steel, fitted with black synthetic ferrules and black spacers
• Stackable up to 5 chairs (not with upholstery); felt glides; weight 3.6 kg

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Specifications

• H 75 × W 59.5 × D 49.5 cm (seat height 46 cm; with the 43 cm seat height the overall height decreases correspondingly)

Entering the collection after seventy years

According to the fact sheet, Poul Kjærholm's PK3™ was rediscovered and joined the Fritz Hansen collection over seventy years after its conception; the sheet gives 1954 as the year of design. The product page labels the chair NEW and describes it as a design now produced for the first time.

Two shells and a bracket

The fact sheet describes a chair "of poised geometry and refined proportions", crafted from two mirror-laminated veneer shells joined with a distinct aluminium connecting element and a tubular steel base. The shells can have optional front upholstery. The same sheet describes the backrest bracket as pressure-moulded zamak with a brushed finish, whereas the page and the sheet's summary call the element aluminium.