Ant chair 3101, deep clay ash - chrome

Fritz Hansen

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Colour: Deep clay, chrome


Fritz Hansen
Ant chair 3101



Description

Fritz Hansen’s Ant chair is a true icon of Danish design. The chair's sleek lines resemble a musical instrument, while its elegant form matches its playful name, Ant. The classic chair's seat consists of nine layers of veneer bent into one piece. The structure makes the Ant chair durable, flexible and ergonomic – whether in your living room, dining area or office, the chair sure ensures long-lasting comfort. Chrome-plated steel legs complete the sophisticated look. 

The Ant chair is a creation of Danish design legend Arne Jacobsen. Initially, the 3100 chairs were designed for the canteen at Novo Nordisk, an international Danish healthcare company, in 1952. This four-legged version, known also as the 3101 chair, was launched later.

Colour
Deep clay, chrome
Width
52 cm
Height
81 cm
Seat depth
48 cm
Seat height
0.46 m
Seat material
Pressure moulded veneer: 7 layers of inner veneer and 2 layers of outer veneer on front and back.
Inner veneer: beech
Outer veneer: coloured ash
Base material
Chromed steel
Weight
3.4 kg
Stackable
Yes
Notes
Stackable up to 12 pieces.
Felt glides.
Product ID

Arne Jacobsen

Arne Jacobsen (1902-1971) is the most celebrated post-war Danish designer and architect. He graduated from the School of Applied Arts in 1924 and from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied architecture, in 1927. Arne Jacobsen worked actively both as an architect and as a designer and received many prestigious awards for his designs, including C. F. Hansen Medal and the Grand Prix of Milan XI Triennale.

Jacobsen’s most famous project was the Royal Hotel in Copenhagen (1956-1960), for which he designed every detail from textiles and lamps to cutlery and furniture. The AJ lamps, designed for the Royal Hotel and manufactured by Louis Poulsen, are a fine example of his streamlined and elegant style. The cutlery designed for the Royal Hotel and produced by Georg Jensen, represents a stylish design that is still today much praised. Also, the famous Egg and Swan chairs were designed for the Royal Hotel. As often happened with Arne Jacobsen’s designs, they were initially realized for a certain project and only later put into serial production – the same happened for the AJ lamps, the cutlery and the furniture he designed for the hotel. Royal Hotel was an extremely important project for Jacobsen because he could finally put his theories of integrated design and architecture into practice.

Jacobsen is well-known also for the Cylinda Line range, designed for Stelton in 1967. Since the very beginning, Cylinda Line has been an undisputed icon of Scandinavian design and today the range is part of numerous permanent collections in design museums all over the world.

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