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pp501/pp503
THE CHAIR, 1949

'The Round One' as Wegner referred to it with his usual provincial modesty, is perhaps the most famous Danish piece of furniture of them all - which says a bit.

Already a year after the production of this chair startet, it was noticed by the American magazine for design and architecture, 'Interiors'. This turned out to be the beginning of Danish design's great international breakthrough. Yet, Wegner remained rather unimpressed with his own creation 'They could have made this hundreds of years ago - nothing new here' he uttered at several occasions, referring to the basically very traditional construction.

pp503 was designed in 1950 and differs from pp501 by its upholstered seat. PP Møbler's contribution to The Chair has been to improve it in several respects, securing an even longer life of The Chair.
HANS J. WEGNER


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REFERENCES
CHURCHILL COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE
ENGHOLM CHURCH
JENS OTTO KRAG
E15
JOHN F. KENNEDY
QUEEN MAGRETHE II OF DENMARK
TØNDER WATERTOWER
ANDERS FOGH RASMUSSEN
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pp56/pp66
pp501/pp503
pp505
pp250
pp502
pp518
pp701
pp201/pp203
pp52/pp62
pp58/pp68
pp240
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