walnut Grace 20195 leather
black uni Christianshavn 1175 fabric
dark grey Christianshavn 1174 fabric
grey uni Christianshavn 1172 fabric
grey Christianshavn 1173 fabric
dark blue Christianshavn 1155 fabric
blue Capture 6001 fabric
orange/blue Christianshavn 1150 fabric
light grey uni Christianshavn 1170 fabric
light grey Christianshavn 1171 fabric
dark green uni Christianshavn 1160 fabric
dark green Christianshavn 1161 fabric
blue uni Christianshavn 1153 fabric
blue Christianshavn 1154 fabric
light blue uni Christianshavn 1151 fabric
light blue Christianshavn 1152 fabric
red Christianshavn 1141 fabric
red uni Christianshavn 1140 fabric
orange Capture 5901 fabric
pink Capture 4801 fabric
beige/orange Christianshavn 1132 fabric
dark red uni Christianshavn fabric 1142
blue/orange Christianshavn 1135 fabric
dark orange Christianshavn 1134 fabric
orange/red Christianshavn 1131 fabric
light red uni Christianshavn 1130 fabric
orange Christianshavn 1133 fabric
yellow Christianshavn 1110 fabric
light beige Christianshavn 1120 fabric
beige Christianshavn 1121 fabric
The Giraffe chair was designed in 1959 for the SAS Royal Hotel restaurant - the same hotel for which Arne Jacobsen designed the Egg, the Swan and several other famous models. The Giraffe had a high back – origin of its nickname – and a wooden base. Then Arne Jacobsen made several experiments, creating a special leather version on a pivoting star base that he offered to the hotel manager and a low-back version with a metal base, the Little Giraffe.
Although conceived in 1959, this Little Giraffe had never been put into production until Republic of Fritz Hansen decided to publish it in 2018. Versatile and comfortable, the Little Giraffe can be used daily in hotel lobbies, dining rooms or meeting rooms. Whatever the space around it, the Little Giraffe tells us the story of mid-20th century Danish design, with its design excellence and timeless style that fits perfectly with any style of environment.
Removable upholstery The Little Giraffe is available with a fixed or removable cover, allowing it to be cleaned or even changed. In both cases, the chair is upholstered without glue, using a double seam that highlights beautifully its silhouette. The seamless seat cushion offers great comfort while maintaining a look faithful to the original Giraffe. Note that leather chairs are not available in a removable version.
Warranty 5 years
Arne Jacobsen is born on February 11, 1902 in Copenhagen. His father, Johan Jacobsen, is a wholesale trader in safety pins and snap fasteners. His mother, Pouline Jacobsen, a bank clerk, paints floral motifs in her spare time. The family lived in a typical Victorian style home. As a contrast to his parents’ overly decorated taste, Arne paints his room in white.
Background & school relations
He met the Lassen brothers at Nærum Boarding School: later, Flemming Lassen was to become his partner in a series of architectural projects. Arne Jacobsen is a restless pupil, always up to pranks, with a self-deprecating humour. Already as a child, he showed an extraordinary talent for drawing and depicting nature through scrupulous studies. He wants to be painter, but his father felt that architect was a more sensible choice.
The Pleasant and the necessary trips abroad
Jacobsen’s travelling begin already in his twenties, when he went to sea to New York. Then followed an apprenticeship as a bricklayer in Germany and a series of study and drawing excursions to Italy. Jacobsen produced some of his finest watercolours during this period, capturing atmospheres and shapes accurately and carefully. From the beginning of his career, Jacobsen turned his gaze abroad, without abandoning Danish traditions.
Arne Jacobsen behind the design
Jacobsen production reflects his personality: an insistent, perfectionist modernist, to whom no detail was trivial, although the main picture was basically black/white and unambiguous. On the other hand, the nature-loving botanist and jovial family man: like him, his work is precise and warm, Danish and universal, modern and timeless.
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