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The Canvas Chair
Børge Mogensen's The Canvas Chair, 1970: 100% linen canvas seat and back on a solid oak frame
740 × 760 × 655 mm
1970
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The Canvas Chair (Model 2031) is a lounge chair that Børge Mogensen designed in 1970, one of his last pieces before his death in 1972. Fredericia describes it as an enduring design in which material, shape and functionality are calibrated to equilibrium. Size: 74 cm wide, 65.5 cm deep, 76 cm high, seat height 37 cm, armrest height 54 cm; weight 8.3 kg.
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Construction
Linen canvas forms the seat and back, suspended between conic pieces of solid oak, and the page calls the oak base angular and almost constructivist. Fredericia's sheet lists solid wood and canvas as the materials, the canvas being a 100% linen seat and back that can be exchanged.
Specifications
- Seat and back: 100% linen canvas, natural or black
- Wood: solid oak in soap, oil, light oil or black lacquer, or oiled smoked oak (oak FSC Mix 70%)
- Weight: 8.3 kg
- Standards: BS 5852 Part 1:1979 (match flame equivalent and smouldering cigarette), EN 1022:2005, EN 16139:2013 (L2)
Story
One of the last designs
According to Fredericia, Børge Mogensen designed The Canvas Chair in 1970 as one of his last pieces before his untimely passing in 1972. The text stresses clearly recognisable materials and shapes: a soft linen counterpart in the seat and back set against a base of solid oak.
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Covers that can be replaced
In the product impact section Fredericia says the furniture is designed with interchangeable fabric covers that can be renewed after unexpected damage. It also says the oak comes from responsibly managed FSC®-certified forests and other controlled sources, and that the solid wood gains a patina with good care.
Projects named on the page
The page names two projects in which the chair has been chosen: a home in Copenhagen and Restaurant Kadeau on Bornholm, both in Denmark.
More by Børge Mogensen
Mogensen 2202 Ottoman
Mogensen 2202 Ottoman by Børge Mogensen, 1963: 58 x 58 cm, 43 cm high, in leather or fabric
BM0253 Shelving System
Mogensen's 1953 BM0253 Shelving System, first produced by Carl Hansen & Søn: steel, oak or walnut
BM5568 Deck Chair
A reclining folding deck chair by Børge Mogensen, reintroduced in 2020
J41 Chair (J-series)
Børge Mogensen's J41 spindle-back dining chair, reproduced by HAY in solid oak or beech
Collection
The Canvas Collection
Fredericia's Canvas Collection by Børge Mogensen: The Canvas Chair, the 1968 Canvas 21 Chair and The Canvas Chair Outdoor in teak with performance canvas.
