Provenance: Private Danish collection.

Literature: Bodil Busk Laursen, Søren Matz, Chr. Holmsted Olesen [ed.]: “Mesterværker 100 Aars Dansk Møbelsnedkeri”, the Kulturbro Foundation, 2000, ill. and referred to p. 39.

The high back wing chair is clearly the most iconic piece designed by Frits Henningsen and as such it is on the short list of Danish “signature chairs”. Designed in 1935 the chair was in production for many years and has retained its attraction basically ever since. Hard to define as with most Frits Henningsen pieces, the chair is neither modern nor clearly traditional. It is obviously not functional in the Modernistic sense, yet clearly useable and comfortable, and aesthetically pleasing beyond most norms. The chair has been described as the “Dancing chair” with its tall, slender, curved body and delicate legs, floating above the ground.