Image source: Carl Hansen & Søn — VLA26 Vega Chair
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VLA26 Vega Chair
Vilhelm Lauritzen's 1956 stackable Vega Chair, first made for Copenhagen's Vega concert halls
560 × 805 × 535 mm
1956
Approx. $670 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The VLA26T Vega Chair is a stackable chair that Vilhelm Lauritzen created in 1956, when he built the modernist Vega venue in Copenhagen. Carl Hansen & Søn now offers it to a wider audience for the first time, and calls the reissue a modernist masterpiece.
Construction
- Wood: FSC™ Mix-certified oak, lacquer
- Frame: black powder coated steel
- Feet: wooden feet
- Upholstery: optional on seat and back
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Specifications
- 56 x 53.5 cm, H 80.5 cm
Story
From Vega's concert halls
The chair was previously found only in the concert halls of the Copenhagen music venue Vega, where, as the page puts it, Lauritzen built the modernist Vega in 1956.
Reissued with the architects' studio
The VLA26 is now produced by Carl Hansen & Søn in partnership with Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects.
Functionalist character
The page describes the design as effortlessly simple yet imbued with character, with a back that curves to embrace the sitter.
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