Danish midcentury designer Børge Mogensen was taking a trip through Spain when he kept in mind of an elaborate chair with large armrests standard to Spanish middle ages furnishings building and construction. Influenced by the design, he developed the Spanish Chair in 1958 with a low oak frame and heavy saddle leather sling seat. Versions on that style have actually considering that followed; here are our favorites.
Above: The Børge Mogensen Spanish Chair was developed for Fredericia in 1958 and is made from strong oak or walnut with durable saddle leather. The renowned chair, design 2226 is EUR4,999 at Fredericia.
Above: The Nikari December Easy Chair is developed by Jasper Morrison and Wataru Kumano and includes an ash armchair and vegetable-tanned leather seat; $2,940 at Finnish Style Store.
Above: The HAY Bernard Easy Chair in oak and natural leather is a deep easy chair with a sling seat; $2,495 at Style Within Reach.
Above: Created by Muller Van Severen in 2012, the Solo Seat by Valerie Objects includes a geometric natural-colored steel frame with a cream-white tanned leather seat; $2,343 at Finnish Style Store.
Above: Created by Dennis Marquart for OX Denmarq, the Rama Chair has a soaped oak frame and is offered in 3 tones of leather (revealed here in Cognac); $2,631 at Danish Style Shop.
Above: Created by Kristian Sofus Hansen and Tommy Hyldahl for NOR11, the Samurai Easy Chair is a modern-day chair made from turned oak and saddle leather. Influenced by both midcentury styles such as the Børge Mogensen Spanish Chair and Japanese simpleness. The chair is $3,260 at Danish Style Shop.
Above: Belgian designer Michaël Verheyden’s G55 Sling Chair in leather is made from a bent wire frame and sling leather saddle that is stitched completely by hand. Offered at Bazar Noir.
Above: The Luis Rustic Lodge Brown Leather Sling Armchair is $1,299 at Kathy Kuo Home.
Above: The Parachute Leather Sling Chair is straight influenced by the midcentury Spanish chair of Børge Mogensen. Made from vegetable-tanned leather and oak; $900 at Parachute.
Above: Created for the Paulistano Athletic Club in São Paulo, Brazil, the Paulistano Armchair is made from a continues 17-foot-long piece of strong steel that is bonded in a single area and fitted with a tough leather sling-style seat; $2,495 at Style Within Reach.
Above: The Klassik Studio Hunting Chair is developed by Kurt Ãstervig in 1960 influenced by the chairs of old searching lodges. Made with an oak frame and saddle leather seat and back-rest; $3,389 at Finnish Style Store.
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