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BM1106 Huntsman Chair

Designed in 1950 by Børge Mogensen, Carl Hansen & Søn reintroduced the Huntsman Chair in 2019. Presented for the first time at the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Furniture Guild Exhibition as part of Mogensen’s ‘hunting cabin theme’, the chair is accompanied by the matching Hunting Table.

The chair unites two distinct design expressions: simplicity and complexity, resulting in a chaste design with unique details. Presenting a rugged elegance, the stringent design allows the natural and high-quality materials to speak for themselves: The luxurious saddle leather is held taut by buckles and brackets in steel or brass and contrasted by a solid wood frame. The design makes for a flexible and comfortable chair that allows for a variety of sitting positions.

Emphasizing Mogensen’s importance for the success of Danish Modern, the chair helped define his style. With its premium materials and timeless craftsmanship, the chair is ideal for a modern context as the versatile character of the chair will last for generations.

The Huntsman Chair is available in walnut or oak.

About Designer
BØRGE MOGENSEN

Børge Mogensen was known as ‘the people’s designer’ – not only because of his convivial nature but also because, throughout his career, he insisted on designing quality furniture that was within people’s reach.

Mogensen's approach to the creative process was to produce pieces that placed humans at the centre and could last for generations. With this as his starting point, he became one of the most influential designers of the post-war era and a prominent figure among the designers behind Danish Modern. Mogensen's ambition to design simple and functional wooden furniture for both private and public spaces was, and continues to be, in line with the Danish understanding of design and the concept of democratic design.

His designs represent a restrained aesthetic with emphasis on strong construction and materials of the highest quality. Throughout his life, he swore by solid wood, particularly oak, pine and beech wood, as well as leather. From these materials, Mogensen created a string of simple and functional furniture pieces with the purpose, in his view, to invite people to express themselves freely. Many people will recognize his Hunting Table and Deck Chair Set. The driven designer avoided unnecessary adornment and wild experiments. Instead, he stood for visual clarity, and often used the squares of his A4 graph paper pad as the starting point for his work.

Mogensen learned the stringent and clear approach to furniture design from Kaare Klint, one of the most influential designers of his time. As a student of Klint's at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Mogensen was inspired by his thoughts about the bare essentials and the fact that Klint based his designs on human proportions. According to both Klint and Mogensen, a successful furniture piece should radiate both visual calmness and pure functionalism. In contrast to Klint, however, Mogensen placed considerable emphasis on developing furniture for informal interior décor and adapted to modern production facilities.

He completed his cabinetmaker training in 1934. From the beginning, he based his design on the universe of wood, and retained his fondness for this organic material throughout his career. He later studied furniture design at the Copenhagen School of Arts and Crafts (1936-1938) and at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (1938-1942). In the same period, he was employed at Kaare Klint's and Mogens Koch's design studios, where he worked until he was hired as chief designer for the Danish furniture cooperative FDB in 1942.

Here, Mogensen became a pioneer for the concept of democratic design, setting a whole new agenda for modern interior design until 1950, when he established his own design studio. His plan was to develop modern, useful furniture pieces that could be produced locally using material from the Nordic woods.

In 1950, Mogensen was awarded the Eckersberg Medal and in 1971 the Danish Furniture Prize. In 1972, just before his death, he was awarded the C.F. Hansen Medal and appointed Honorary Royal Designer for Industry at the Royal Society of Arts in London.