Arne Jacobsen Ant Chair
All chairs are made of pressure moulded sliced veneer.
Arne jacobsen ant chair. It was so different so avant garde. Not everyone understood ant at the time. Arne jacobsen design visionary and creator of the egg the swan the series 7 the ant and the drop among others. It was designed in 1952 by arne jacobsen for use in the canteen of the danish pharmaceutical firm novo nordisk.
Arne jacobsen designed ant in 1952 as a threelegged chair in the shape of a little ant with its head raised. The inspiration for the ant came from hvidt mølggard s ax series. 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. 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.
This wooden chair was designed in 1952 by arne jacobsen to be used in the cafeteria of a danish company. The ant wooden chair by designer arne jacobsen is a classic of modern design. The three legged ant chair 1951 sold in the millions and is considered a classic today. 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 pressure moulded veneer chair is a further development of the classic ant chair. Myren chair is a classic of modern chair design. The unusual design guaranteed the chair s stability on uneven floors and cemented its distinct identity.
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. 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. Among the many masterpieces of furniture of the great danish architect and designer arne jacobsen is unquestionably the ant chair. 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.
The ant chair s visual expression is delicate and artful much like the curves of a musical instrument. Designed by arne jacobsen in 1952 the chair is made from nine layers of pressure moulded veneer.