Image source: Fritz Hansen — PK4 Lounge Chair
© Fritz Hansen and the respective rights holders. Quoted to accompany INTEBEE's independent design commentary and research.
PK4 Lounge Chair
Poul Kjærholm's 1952 lounge chair: one flag halyard length on a seven-piece steel frame
625 × 720 × 745 mm
1952
Poland
Approx. $3,100 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Description
Overview
Poul Kjærholm designed the PK4™ in 1952. The product page calls it a modern, relaxed lounge chair that radiates the designer's distinctive elegance through a light, minimalistic expression in steel and flag halyard, and says it exemplifies Kjærholm's visionary approach where art and design intersect.
Construction
- Frame: seven steel tubing pieces welded into a unified frame (page); the fact sheet lists seven stainless steel pieces
- Seat and back: one flag halyard length, 66 m / 260 in, hand-wound around the curved frame; linen casing woven around a nylon core (fact sheet)
- Weight 8.75 kg (fact sheet)
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Specifications
- H 72 × W 62.5 × D 74.5 cm
- Seat height 38 cm
Story
Designed in 1952
The fact sheet opens: "Designed in 1952, the striking PK4™ is a modern, relaxed lounge chair that consists of two materials - one unbroken halyard length and seven steel tubing pieces welded into a unified frame." Fritz Hansen's product data lists the model as PK4 "Without seat cushion"; the fact sheet also lists PK4ST, the PK4 including a seat cushion.
Indoor and outdoor ends
According to the fact sheet, the halyard end is sealed in red to mark the indoor chair, while the PK4™ Outdoor is sealed in green.
More by Poul Kjærholm
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.
