7 chairs for your dining table

1. J41

The J41

This is a classic chair with a contemporary touch, one of the simplest design from Mogensen, a danish designer who always aimed for simplicity and elegance. A comfortable and hard-wearing chair perfect for everyday.

With this version of the J41 the danish brand HAY has made a new version with a slanted and wide backrest. The seat and back rest are made in beech veneer with top and bottom oak finish, the rest is solid oak. Is available in oiled oak and a variety of colored finishes following the playful HAY style.

Børge Mogensen

Børge Mogensen (1914-1972) is one of the icon designers from the Danish Modern design era. Mogensen ambition was always to create timeless, useful furniture that make everyday life better. His design were for a better society not for the elite, beautiful but affordable.

2. Grand Prix

The Grand prix

The grand prix chair is an iconic design from Arne Jacobsen, designed in 1957, is had a huge acclaim from the beginning. It can be customized with a variety of colors, finishing and upholstery as for the legs. Personally I love the option with wood legs for a private home.

Every chair seat is made of 9 veneer layers in one piece pressed together what gives the design a comfortable flexibility.

Arne Jacobsen

Born in Copenhagen (1902-1971), Arne Jacobsen became one of most famous architects and designers from Denmark. He is knows by his iconic furniture designs as the serie 7, the Egg, Swan. Many of them collaborations with Fritz Hansen that are still in production today.

He was a visionary not only in design but in architecture where he used to design the entire building from the facade to interiors and even every detail as doors handles. Some examples are the Denmark's National Bank or the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen.

3. Standard

The Standard

The Standard chair is one of the most iconic classics of the French engineer and designer Jean Prouvé. The chair is designed to take the most stress on their back legs what makes the design so characteristic.

During the WWII Prouvé designed a wood version due to the lack of metal supply. Today there is also a plastic version. The seat and backrest are available in various types of wood and metal frame has many color to choose from.

Jean Prouvé

Jean Prouvé (1901-1984) started as a blacksmith artisan and became one of the most influential designers and architects of the 20th century. He was inspired by machines like, cars, trains and airplanes and translated the rational mass production from this industry to furniture design and architecture.

He also collaborated with Charlotte Perriand, Pierre Jeannette and Le Corbusier.

4. N.811 chair

The N.811

The chair N0 811 was designed in 1930 for the company Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, which is still existing and producing the chair. It fits classic interiors as contemporary ones. I love how this chair can be a contrast in a simple clean interior with its curves and traditional seat and back made in rattan..

The chair is light and comfortable. Is made of bent wood, a technique invented by Thonet and is still produced in the same way.

Josef Hoffmann

Architect and designer born in Vienna (1870-1956) known as one of the founder of the Vienna Secession. One famous architecture work is the Stoclet Palace, in Brussels.

Josef Hoffmann is among the most important of Austrian architects with a huge work in design and architecture that shaped the early twentieth century.

5. CH24

The CH24

This was the first model that Hans J. Wegner designer only for the company Carl Hansen in 1949, know as the wishbone chair is still in production from the day it was introduced in 1950. Wegner wanted to simplified back and arms in a single piece and developed the characteristic piece in the back to stabilize the steam-bent top. Wagner aimed for simplicity and organic form what produced many beautiful works as this chair.

Comfortable and elegant, CH24 is perfect for a dinner and after dinner conversations. With different types of wood, treatments and color for the paper cord of the seat, the CH24 is a perfect choice to create a warm and stylish atmosphere.

Hans J. Wegner

The danish architect Hans J. Wegner is considered a master of the chair. He said his only goal was to make “only one good chair”, this statement shows his aim for perfection not only aesthetic but functional. As one of the pioneers in furniture design of the twentieth century he is part of the generation that created what is today know as “the Golden Age” of modern Danish design.

He studied together with Borge Mogensen under Kaaren Klint at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, later he will be himself teacher in the same school where one of his students will be another great danish designer Poul Kjaerholm.

6. CH47

The CH47

The CH47 is one of the simplest and stylish designs from Han J. Wegner. Straight form only broken by the curved back leg that gives stability and a laid-back look, making the chair extraordinary comfortable. Wegner carpentry knowledge is shown in this chair where the rail and stretcher are displaced to ensure that the dowels can be full height to make a very strong and stabile chair.

Also available as armchair in model CH46, but I love the simplicity of the CH47 and the look in oak threatened with danish soap and natural paper cord.

7. Capitol complex chair

The capitol chair

This is one of the most iconic design from the Capitol complex project in India, fruit of the collaboration from Jeannette and Le Corbusier. This original and elegant design is set apart by its unique construction in oak combined with seat and back in Venetian cane.

The structure is made by the characteristic inverted V what give the design its graphic power. Elegant and distinctive but not to the reach of everybody. Choose between arm version or the single one.

Pierre Jeanneret

Joined Le Corbusier, his cousin in 1922 were they shared important research and design projects that will inspired architect and designers from the following generations till today. In 1927 Charlotte Perriand joined the studio were they develop innovative furniture pieces that are still in production as classics of modern design.

I hope this post has giving you some inspiration if you are looking for new chairs that complete your dining room. Another post about contemporary chairs coming soon.