Final Chair
The Final Chair PP68
In 1987 aged 73 years old Hans J. Wegner designed his final dining chair and was determined to let all the versions of the design be guided by all he had learnt from his previous works.
Specifically:
• The chair must allow one to sit in alternate positions and be comfortable.
• The chair must provide the correct support for the elbows and the back.
• The chair must have plenty of space below the back rest, so as to leave plenty of room for the behind.
The Final Chair is designed to be affordable and practical and as with many of Wegner’s other chair models it is available with a woven papercord seat PP68, or with an upholstered seat as PP58 which has a slightly different construction to the chair’s frame.
Ref: Hans J. Wegner. A Nordic Design Icon from Tønder. Edited by Anne Blond.
The Final Chair is designed to be affordable and practical and as with many of Wegner’s other chair models it is available in this version (pp68) with a seat of woven papercord or with an upholstered seat (PP58), which has a slightly different construction to the chairs frame.
Both chairs pp68 and pp58 are clearly decended from Wegner’s earlier ‘Cow Chair’
(pp505) and ‘Bull Chair’ (pp518), the so called called ‘Livestock Chairs’ in that the top rail is reminiscent of a pair of horns that can be pushed up against a table. The short armrests of pp 68 makes it easy to enter and move around the chair and like the ‘Cowhorn Chair’ are shortened so that it tucks neatly away the table. Space-saving is further enhanced as the chairs can also hang from a table top to make cleaning the floor easier.
Produced in solid beech, ash or oak pp68 is immensely strong with tenon joints that have been tested to withstand one ton of pulling strength that will outlast everyday use throughout your life – and your children’s and your grandchildren’s
The chair appears to be light, in spite of it being of solid wood. The appearance a result of the way in which the slightly conical legs taper towards to the upper portion of the back legs where they meet the top rail and the milling out of the top rails mid section where it touches the sitters back.
‘The Final Chairs’ are modern and robust, with a simplicity that is attractive even when painted and all of the paint colours chosen for the chair were made in collaboration with Hans J. Wegner’s Design Studio. They include ‘Japanese red’, a combination of red and brown which Wegner was personally very fond of.