CATALOGUE

Oxford , medium height, leather
T-No.1 , maple veneer,
chrome base
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OXFORD
ARNE JACOBSEN 1965
The original version of the Oxford chair was designed for the
professors at St. Catherine’s College in Oxford, in 1963. When
the Dean of St. Catherine’s College chose Arne Jacobsen to build
an extension for the college, he was also commissioned to design
the surrounding landscape and a furniture series for the college.
The chair’s extra tall back served as a symbol of prestige and
created a space of its own. The “professor’s chair” later evolved
into the Oxford series. In spite of initial protests and uproar over the
commission of a foreign modernist, Arne Jacobsen received an
honorary doctorate from Oxford, upon completion of the project.
This groundbreaking example of total design is, today, considered
Arne Jacobsen’s most outstanding work. The Oxford chair has been
revitalized and now looks like the original tall, wooden chair. The
chair is available with a tall, medium and low back and in a
lounge model. It comes in a wide range of fabric and leather
upholstery, with or without arms, with or without castors or glides.