Modern Design 
1 October 2000
ARNE JACOBSEN, Giraffe chair from the SAS Royal Hotel | Wright20.com - Image 1 of 1
Modern Design 
ARNE JACOBSEN, Giraffe chair from the SAS Royal Hotel | Wright20.com - Image 1 of 1
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Arne Jacobsen

Giraffe chair from the SAS Royal Hotel

Fritz Hansen
Denmark, 1958
beech, upholstery 40 h × 24 w × 23 d in (102 × 61 × 58 cm)
estimate: $3,000–4,000
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Beginning in 1956, Arne Jacobsen began his best know commission for the Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. Designing the complete structure and furnishing, he created such modern icons as the Egg and Swan chair. The Giraffe chair, shown here, was designed exclusively for the dining room in the hotel and was never put into production.
literature: Arne Jacobsen, Thau and Vindum, ppg. 437-438 Arne Jacobsen, Thau and Vindum, ppg. 70-71

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Arne Jacobsen 1902–1971

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Arne Jacobsen was an architect and designer who approached his work from both perspectives, making major contributions to Functionalism and Danish Modern style. Born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark, he won the silver medal for his chair design at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 1925 while an architecture student at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. After winning the Danish Architect’s Association competition for his House of the Future design, he opened his own office in 1929. Jacobsen was forced to flee to Sweden in 1943 following the rise of the Nazi party, but later returned to Denmark ushering in a wave of landmark public and private commissions.

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