The chair was initially designed in 1951 for a danish pharmaceutical company novo nordisc who wanted a compact and light chair for their new canteen.
Arne jacobsen ant chair.
The series 7 designed by arne jacobsen is by far the most sold chair in the history of fritz hansen and perhaps also in furniture history.
The three legged ant chair 1951 sold in the millions and is considered a classic today.
All chairs are made of pressure moulded sliced veneer.
Nuy fritz hansen ant chairs coloured lacquered ash design arne jacobsen 1952 initially arne jacobsen designed the ant for the canteen at novo nordisk an international danish healthcare company.
The inspiration for the ant came from hvidt mølggard s ax series.
Arne jacobsen designed ant in 1952 as a threelegged chair in the shape of a little ant with its head raised.
Its elegant shape disguises its remarkable strength and comfort.
Arne jacobsen design visionary and creator of the egg the swan the series 7 the ant and the drop among others.
Series 7 comes in different veneers and finishes.
Designed by arne jacobsen in 1952 the chair is made from nine layers of pressure moulded veneer.
The ant was named for its approximate similarity to the outline of an ant with its head raised.
7 chair is known for being the prop used to hide christine keeler s nakedness in the iconic photograph of her taken by lewis morley in 1963.
The ant chair s visual expression is delicate and artful much like the curves of a musical instrument.
Arne jacobsen denmark 1902 1971 arne jacobsen bought a plywood chair designed by charles eames and installed it in his own studio where it inspired one of the most commercially successful chair models in design history.
Among the many masterpieces of furniture of the great danish architect and designer arne jacobsen is unquestionably the ant chair.
The pressure moulded veneer chair is a further development of the classic ant chair.
It was designed in 1952 by arne jacobsen for use in the canteen of the danish pharmaceutical firm novo nordisk.
Originally this quality designer chair in wood was named the ant chair due to its resemblance to the shape of an ant with its head raised.
Not everyone understood ant at the time.
Morley just happened to use a chair that he had in the studio which turned out to have been a copy of jacobsen s design.
It was so different so avant garde.
The ant wooden chair by designer arne jacobsen is a classic of modern design.