CH22 Lounge Chair

The CH22 lounge chair all made of wood with seats in paper cord instead of upholstery. After being out of the production line for several decades, Carl Hansen & Søn started producing the CH22 lounge chair again in 2016. Although the production naturally has been modernized, today, CH22 is still manufactured using the same principles of craftsmanship followed and participated in manufacturing the first examples at Carl Hansen’s family-owned workshop in 1950. In the meantime, modernization has improved precision so that the front legs, which were originally manufactured round, can now have the same profile as the back legs of the chair. This means that they are now made as the designer had originally drawn them on his technical drawing which was that the legs should be brought up through the seat frame and locked using wedges.

Oak/walnut is a mixed version combined with a frame/cover cap in oak and armrest/backrest in walnut.
Oak/teak is a mixed version combined with a frame in oak and armrest/backrest/cover cap in teak.
The wedge in front legs always comes in contrasting wood.
CU CH22 cushion also available.
Cushion in Leather group A (Loke), reversible. Available in: Loke 7050, Loke 7150, Loke 7748.

CH22 was designed by Hans Wegner. Wegner is arguably the most important figure in Danish modern furniture design. Early in his life, Wegner apprenticed under a cabinetmaker and was eventually educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. In 1938, he worked on furniture for Arne Jacobsen and Erik Moller's Aarhus City Hall. By 1943, he opened his own design studio, where he would design some of his most famous works. The peacock chair was designed in 1947 for Johannes Hansen and thanks to innovations from designers such as Eames and Aalto, bent plywood shell chairs by Wegner began in 1948. Both the Wishbone and Round Chair were in introduced in 1949 and have since become two of his best recognized works. Over his career, Wegner designed over 500 different chairs and countless other pieces including tables and cabinets. The attention to joinery, craft, and material have helped to make his name so revered.