THE SAFARI CHAIR

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THE SAFARI CHAIR
Kaare Klint’s Safari Chair from 1933.
Elegant design with classic references.

EVERY pIECE
ComES wITH
A SToRY
When you choose a piece of furniture from Carl Hansen & Søn, you
are bringing a story into your home. Each and every piece of our
furniture has a story to tell: About the furniture designer’s unique
design. About the materials and how they are processed. And
about the craftsmanship mastered by Carl Hansen & Søn for over
a century. Craftsmanship is our contribution to the story. We hope
that you will pass on the story. This is why we produce furniture.

kAARE klInT
THE FATHER oF moDERn FuRnITuRE ART
Kaare Klint is often called the father of modern furniture art.
He founded the School of Design at the Royal Danish Academy of
Fine Arts (Kunstakademiets Møbelskole) and showed the way
for a number of Denmark’s leading designers, for example
Hans. J. Wegner.
Klint’s central idea was that furniture should serve a purpose
and not dominate the room. Furniture is an instrument for
the body rather than just decoration. His choice of materials
was very central. He gladly renounced pure traditions, but
built upon classical furniture art, which he simplified without
compromising either design or quality. The classical references
can be seen in a number of his most famous pieces of furniture,
for example the Safari Chair from 1933. Klint was a professor at
the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts until his death and over the
course of his career received honours including the Eckersberg
Medal in 1928 and the C.F. Hansen Medal in 1954.

THE SAFARI CHAIR. Danish furniture design
with inspiration from warmer climes
Kaare Klint’s Safari Chair is from 1933. Klint designed the chair
with inspiration from an English office chair that he had seen in
images from Africa. Klint was particularly fascinated by a photograph
that showed an author of a travel guide sitting with his wife
in a tent in a savannah.
The Safari Chair features an elegant design and is both light and very
functional. It consists of 11 components, which can be detached and
assembled without the use of tools. And since the chair is also assembled
without the use of adhesive, it is very flexible in relation to
the surface on which it is standing. Regardless of whether this is
a savannah or a living room floor.
Safari Chair in smoked ash and leather, design Kaare Klint.
Bookcase in oak/oil, design Mogens Koch.

Safari Chair in smoked ash and leather,
design Kaare Klint.
Safaristolen er en smuk, let og transportabel hvilestol,
som kan skilles og samles helt uden brug af værktøj.

Safari Chair in ash/oil and canvas, design Kaare Klint
Bookcase in oak/oil, design Mogens Koch.
Opala table lamp, design Hans J. Wegner.

SAFARI CHAIR
design:
KAARE KLINT. 1933
The Safari Chair is available in oil-treated ash, either light or
smoked. The upholstery for the chair and cushion is available in
canvas (natural, green, brown and blue) and leather in selected
Chair
colours. The cushion that comes with the chair is available with or
without buttons. The foot stool is available in the same materials
as the chair.
Foot stool
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