Image source: Fritz Hansen — Series 7 Office Chair 3117
© Fritz Hansen and the respective rights holders. Quoted to accompany INTEBEE's independent design commentary and research.
Series 7 Office Chair 3117
Arne Jacobsen's Series 7 on a height-adjustable swivel base with five castors
500 × 930 × 520 mm
1955
Poland
Approx. $1,600 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The Series 7™ Office Chair 3117 is the height-adjustable swivel version of Arne Jacobsen's Series 7™ chair of 1955. Its base is an elevated five-legged steel base with aluminium-capped castors, and Fritz Hansen offers hard or soft wheels.
Construction
- Base: chromed or powder-coated 14 mm steel tube with five aluminium-capped hard-wheel castors
- Castors: twin-wheeled; hard for soft floors, soft for hard floors, with or without brake (fact sheet)
- Shell: pressure-moulded veneer, coloured ash, lacquered or clear-lacquered natural veneer
Specifications
- W 50 × D 52 × H 93 cm, seat height adjustable 44 to 56 cm
- Weight 7.1 kg on the fact sheet, 6.4 kg on the product page
Story
A castor base borrowed from the KEVI chair
Fritz Hansen writes that the 3117's five-legged base with aluminium-capped castors was originally designed by Jørgen Rasmussen in 1965 for the KEVI chair. Its twin-wheeled castors are credited with better manoeuvrability, and the wheel type is chosen to suit the floor.
Listed as an office chair
The page and product data name the 3117 the Series 7™ Office Chair. The sheet lists it as the chair with swivel base and castors among the Series 7™ models, with swivel and height adjustment as its features.
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Collection
Series 7
The Series 7™ family by Arne Jacobsen (1955) for Fritz Hansen: chair, armchair, office chairs, counter stool, barstool and junior chair in several versions.
