Description

This is the most static and classic of all Wegner’s chairs. Its frame is strictly geometrical and the armrests embrace the person seated while the gracious backrest provides state of the art comfort.

The Captain’s Chair was created as a statement of an essential Wegner chair. It includes the virtues that were characteristic for the flourishing friendship between Wegner, Ejnar Pedersen and the staff of PP Møbler.

This chair was not designed with ferries in mind but in 1978 more than 600 special versions of the pp52 chair were delivered to the DFDS ferry ‘Dana Anglia’ which was to sail between Denmark and England.
In 1982 a customer turned up with one of the special versions exclusively made for the ferry with its seat missing. Obviously lost at sea, he found it one morning on a beach on the west coast of Denmark. The customer got a new seat. The chair itself was completely intact.
Later the manager of the ferry company called PP Møbler asking to buy two new chairs for the ferry in replacement of two damaged chairs. Master of Craftsmen Ejnar Pedersen thought it was a rightful claim. ‘No’, said the ferry manager, ‘we want to pay for the chairs, you see, the ferry has been through the most terrible storm while anchored. The entire inventory was completely destroyed, piled up in the back-end of the ferry. It has all been replaced – except your chairs Mr Pedersen. All but 2 chairs were intact’.
More than 40 years after the ferry’s maiden voyage it has been renamed and upgraded several times and has sailed on a number of different routes within Denmark, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Poland, Norway, Sweden and Italy. Through all the years, the chairs have remained on board!

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Designer
Hans J. Wegner
Manufacturer
PP Møbler
Design Year
1975
Production Year
2025
Type
Lounge Chair
Shipping
Approximate Lead Time
13-15 weeks
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Size
Height
26 in
Width
23 in
Depth
19 in
Length
Seat Height
17 in
Diameter
Lifecycle
Condition
New
Indoor Warranty
5 years
Materials
Materials
Wood, papercord

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