Fritz Hansen Ant Chair

 

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Beautiful and elegant. However, not immediately popular in 1952 when Fritz Hansen launched the Ant designed by Arne Jacobsen. The chair had only 3 legs and no arms!

Nevertheless, revolutionary in 1952 due to shell design with back and seat made out of one piece of laminated wood with 9 layers of moulded veneer and 2 layers of cotton textile in-between.

The 3 or 4 legs are chromed or satin chromed steel.
The Ant in more conservative terms referred to as model 3100 with three legs, or model 3101 with four legs that was added in 1980.

The Ant Chair is in other versiona available on request.

Supplementary information

• Produktdatenblatt zum Stuhl Ameise (PDF ca. 383 kb)

Design: Arne Jacobsen

Arne Jacobsen (1902-1971) used to be professor at the Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and was appointed Dr. h.c. by several foreign universities and academies. He is considered as one of the pathfinders of the current furniture art.. Designer Arne Jacobsen