The Swan is a chair and a couch designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1958 for Radisson SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. It is manufactured by Danish furniture manufacturer Republic of Fritz Hansen
The Swan chair is the result of Jacobsen's search for a curved fluid form which required minimum padding and was lightweight without losing the comfort. The synthetic shell is padded and covered in high quality cashmere wool fabric or leather, on star-shaped aluminium reclining and swivel base. Our inspired version of The Swan chair is not only known for its aesthetically pleasing shape; It is a comfortable, functional piece of furniture, as Jacobsen's design generally is. The inspired Swan Chair available in a variety of other colours.
Product Introduction:
Inspired by the works of Charles and Ray Eames, Arne Jacobsen is considered one of the most influential furniture designers of the last century. The highly sculptured, handcrafted Swan chair was originally designed in 1957 for the Royal SAS Hotel in Copenhagen.
Designer Introduction:
As a student in 1925 the renowned Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen won a silver medal for a chair he designed at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Dcoratifs in Paris, where he was also awestruck by Le Corbusier's Esprit Nouveau pavilion. Jacobsen was one of the first to introduce the principles of Modernism to Danish design, starting with the concept of "total design," in which no detail was too stereotypical. Right from his early works, what emerges is the influence of Le Corbusier, Asplund and Mies van der Rohe. However, his success as a designer came with his curved and elastic chairs, created in the 1950s and largely influenced by the artistic alliance of Eames-Saarinen during the 1940s. The Royal Hotel in Copenaghen is perhaps his most famous work: completed in 1960, it was one of the world's first design hotels, a true icon in its genre. Jacobsen personally attended to every minute detail, from the design of the facade to its interiors: from its furnishings, fabrics, chairs, lighting and ashtrays to the tableware and cutlery.
