CH20 Elbow Chair

CH20 Elbow Chair Carl Hansen & Son

CH20 Elbow designed by Hans J. Wegner for Carl Hansen & Søn is a chair with frame in solid wood in several finishes. Seat upholstery available in fabric or leather. The horizontal seat and lower back support also make the CH20 a great chair for usage as a desk chair.

Length 54 cm

Width 47 cm

Height 73 cm

Seat height 46 cm

Designer Hans J. Wegner

CH20 | ELBOW CHAIR

By Hans J. Wegner

Hans J. Wegner designed the stackable Elbow Chair in 1956. After crafting two prototypes, he set the production-intensive chair design aside in his archives, where it remained for nearly half a century until it was brought back to life in 2005.

The essence of classic design

When Carl Hansen & Søn put the CH20 Elbow Chair by Hans J. Wegner into production for the first time in 2005, it quickly established a position as a modern classic, winning the ICFF Editors’ Award in New York in the same year. The Elbow Chair’s characteristic steam-bent backrest, crafted from a single piece of solid wood, provides elbow and lower back support and enables a variety of sitting positions. The chair’s unique rail construction under the seat in form-pressed veneer adds optimal stability in combination with a light and floating expression

Hans J. Wegner

Designer

Among Danish furniture designers, Hans J. Wegner is considered one of the most creative, innovative and prolific. Often referred to as the master of the chair, Wegner created almost 500 chairs in his lifetime – many of them considered masterpieces. He is probably best known for his iconic Wishbone Chair which has been in continuous production since 1950.

The core of Wegner’s legacy is his focus on showing the inner soul of furniture pieces through a simple and functional exterior.