The Passing of Hans Wegner
Speaking of famous Danish chairs, as we were yesterday, some sad news reported in the NY Times about the passing of Hans Wegner, one of the designers responsible for the Danish furniture boom in the ’50s and ’60s which, of course, still very much lasts on into today. Here’s some:
He also earned a footnote in political history, when, in 1960, Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Senator John F. Kennedy were seated on Wegner chairs during the first nationally televised presidential debate.
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