Chair Series 7 (3107)
Arne Jacobsen
Danish, 1902–1971
c. 1952
A lightweight modernist chair made of molded plywood with a black lacquer finish set on chrome‑plated steel tubing, intended to reduce seating to a single elegant, ergonomic silhouette.
Its sensuous, hourglass silhouette—reminiscent of a small black butterfly—strikes you first, the continuous curve of seat and back gleaming smoothly while thin chrome legs make the form appear to float.
A postwar design classic, Jacobsen’s Series 7 showed how molded plywood and industrial production could create refined, stackable, and widely accessible modern furniture, influencing generations of designers.
Medium
Chrome-plated steel tubing and molded plywood with black lacquer
Dimensions
Each: 30 1/4 x 18 x 20" (76.8 x 45.7 x 50.8 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Mr. Jacques and Mrs. Anna B. Dutka
Accession
24.1997.1-2
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