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Many of Jacobsen’s best-known pieces had their origin in architectural commissions. His molded-plywood, three-legged Ant chair (1952) was first designed for the cafeteria of a pharmaceutical company headquarters. The tall-backed Oxford chair was made for the use of dons at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, whose Jacobsen-designed campus opened in 1962 (while still under construction). (The hotel has since been redecorated, but one guest room has been preserved with all-Jacobsen accoutrements.) The Swan, Egg and Drop chairs and the AJ desk lamp were all created as part of Jacobsen’s plan for the SAS Royal Copenhagen Hotel, which opened in 1960. To Jacobsen’s mind, the chief merit of any design was practicality. He designed the first stainless-steel cutlery set made by the Danish silver company Georg Jensen Jacobsen’s best-selling chair - the plywood Series 7 - was created to provide lightweight, stackable seating for modern eat-in kitchens. But as you will see from the objects on 1stDibs, style never took a backseat to function in Arne Jacobsen’s work.

His work merits a place in any modern design collection.įind authentic Arne Jacobsen chairs, tables, sofas and other furniture on 1stDibs. When the Copenhagen-based furniture maker Fritz Hansen opened for business more than 140 years ago, the company - which today styles itself The Republic of Fritz Hansen - adhered to the traditional, time-honored Danish values of craftsmanship in woodworking and joinery.

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