a "Metropolitan" chair, Fritz Hansen, Denmark, 1950s.
Beech leg frame, backrest and armrests in moulded plywood veneered with teak. Height 78 cm, width 73 cm, seat height 42 cm.
Minor wear.
Grete Jalk (ed.), "Dansk Møbelkunst gennem 40 aar", Teknologisk Institut, vol. IV, 1957-66, compare pp. 76-81.
Designed in 1949. The chair got its name after being exhibited at the highly influential exhibition The Arts of Denmark at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts in New York in 1960.